| DEC. 1813. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
of ten dollars, to be recovered as debts of the same amount are
recoverable, for every such offence; which said penalty, when recovered,
shall be paid over to the supervisors of the respective
townships, for the use of the roads in the same, nor shall any gate
be erected within one mile of the city of Baltimore or the village
of Strasburg, nor within two miles of the Susquehanna bridge at
McCall's ferry. |
Toll-gatherers—
Rates of toll. |
" Sec. 12. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid,
That when the said company shall have perfected the said road, or
any part thereof, from time to time as aforesaid, and when the
same shall have been examined, approved and licensed as aforesaid,
it shall and may be lawful for them to appoint such and so many
toll-gatherers as they shall think proper, to collect and receive of
and from all and every person and persons using the said road, the
tolls and rates hereinafter mentioned, and to stop any person riding,
leading or driving, any horse or mules, or driving any cattle,
hogs, sheep, sulkey, chair, chaise, phæton, cart, wagon, wain,
sleigh, sled, or other carriage of burthen or pleasure, from passing
through the said gates or turnpikes, until they shall have respectively
paid the same; that is to say, for every space of five miles
in length of the said road the following sums of money, and so in
proportion for any greater or less distance at which gates shall be
fixed to collect toll, or for any greater or less number of hogs,
sheep or cattle, to wit: For every score of sheep, four cents; for
every
score of hogs, six and one fourth cents; for every score of cattle,
twelve and an half cents; for every horse or mule, laden or unladen,
with his rider or leader, three cents; for every sulkey, chair or
chaise, with one horse and two wheels, six and a quarter cents; and
with two horses, twelve and an half cents; for every chair, coach,
phæton, chaise, stage, wagon, coachee, or light wagon, with two
horses and four wheels, twelve and an half cents; or either of the
carriages last mentioned with four horses, twenty-five cents; for
every other carriage of pleasure, under whatever name it may go,
the like sums, according to the number of wheels and of horses
drawing the same; for every sleigh or sled, two cents for each
horse drawing the same; for every cart or wagon or other carriage
of burden, the wheels of which do not in breadth exceed four
inches, five cents for every horse drawing the same; for every cart
or wagon the wheels of which shall exceed in breadth four inches,
and shall not exceed seven inches, three cents for each horse drawing
the same; and when any such carriage as aforesaid shall be
drawn by oxen or mules in the whole, or in part, two oxen shall be
estimated as equal to one horse, and every ass or mule as equal to
one horse, in charging the aforesaid tolls. |
Penalty for evading
payment of
toll. |
" Sec. 13. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid,
That if any person or persons owning, riding in or driving, any
carriage of burthen or pleasure as aforesaid, or owning, riding,
leading or driving, any horse or mule, or driving any hogs, sheep
or cattle, as aforesaid, shall, with an intent to defraud the said
company, or to evade the payment of any of the tolls or duties
aforesaid, pass therewith through any private gate or bar, or along
or over any private passage way, or along or over any other
ground or land near to or adjoining any turnpike or gate which
shall be erected in pursuance of this act, or if any person or persons |
|
 |
