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LEVIN WINDER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
to open and make the said road, and to dig, take and carry away,
any stone, gravel, sand, earth, or other materials, there being most
conveniently situate, for making or repairing the said road; Provided
always, that the freeholders chosen or appointed as aforesaid,
in making said valuation, shall take into consideration the advantages
and disadvantages arising to the proprietors of such land on
account of said road, and where no damage shall be assessed, the
owner of the land shall pay all costs and expenses incurred by
such appraisement. |
DEC. 1813.
CHAP. 126.
Proviso. |
" Sec. 10. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid,
That the said president, mangers and company, shall have power
to erect permanent bridges over the creeks and waters crossed by
the said route or track, whereon the same shall be found necessary,
and shall cause a road, sixty feet in width, to be laid out and made
from the Philadelphia and Lancaster turnpike road by the route
aforesaid to the city of Baltimore, of which sixty feet the said president,
managers and company, shall be bound to make an artificial
road at least twenty feet in width, of firm, compact and substantial
materials, composed of gravel, pounded stone, or other
small hard substances, in such manner as to secure a good foundation
and an even surface, so far as the nature of the country and
the materials will admit, in the whole extent of the said road,
wherever it shall be necessary, and the natural surface require it,
so as to fulfil the duties of the said company towards the public,
and to conform to the true intent and meaning of the present act,
and shall for ever hereafter maintain and keep the same in good
repair; Provided, that no toll be demanded or taken from any person
passing or repassing from one part of his or her farm to another,
or to or from any place of public worship or funeral, on days
appointed for that purpose, or from militia-men on days of training,
or from electors attending the general and township elections, going
to and returning from the same. |
May erect bridges
over waters crossed
by route of road—
Width of road.
Proviso. |
" Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, by
the authority aforesaid, That
so soon as the said president, managers and company, shall have
perfected any distance of the said road, not less than ten miles,
and so from time to time any distance not less than five miles progressively
from the same, towards either of the places aforesaid,
they shall give notice thereof to the governor of this commonwealth,
if on the part of the road lying in Pennsylvania, or to the
governor of Maryland if on that part lying in Maryland, who
shall thereupon forthwith nominate and appoint three judicious and
disinterested persons to view and examine the same, and report to
him whether the road is so far executed in a complete and workmanlike
manner, according to the true intent and meaning of this
act; and if their report shall be in the affirmative, then the governor
shall, by license under his hand, and the lesser seal of the commonwealth,
permit and suffer the said president, managers and
company, to erect and fix such and so many gates or turnpikes
upon and across the said road, as will be necessary and sufficient
to collect the tolls and duties hereinafter granted to the said company,
from all persons travelling on the same with horses, cattle or
carriages; Provided always, that no gate shall be erected, nor toll
demanded from any person or persons travelling said road, until
after the license aforesaid shall have been granted, under a penalty |
On completion of
part of road, governor
may appoint
persons to
examine it.
Proviso. |
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