| 1814.
CHAP. 71. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
the weight or burthen drawn therein ascertained by weighing; and
if the person or persons driving or having care or charge of any
such cart, wagon, or other carriage of burthen, shall refuse to
drive the same into any such scales for the purpose aforesaid, the
person or persons so refusing shall forfeit and pay to the said president,
managers and company, any sum not less than five dollars
nor more than eight dollars, to be recovered in the manner hereinafter
mentioned. |
Weight allowed to
be drawn.
Provisos. |
16. AND BE IT ENACTED, That no wagon, or other
carriage,
with four wheels, the breadth of whose wheels shall not be four
inches, shall be drawn along the said road with a greater weight
thereon than two and an half tons; that no such carriage, the
breadth of whose wheels shall not be seven inches, or being six
inches or more shall roll at least ten inches, shall be drawn along the
said road with more than five tons; that no such carriage, the
breadth of whose wheels shall not be ten inches or more, or being
less shall not roll at least twelve inches, shall be drawn along the
said road with more than eight tons; that no cart or other carriage
with two wheels, the same breadth of wheels as the wagons aforesaid,
shall be drawn along the said road with more than half the
burthen or weight aforesaid; and if any cart, wagon or carriage
of burthen whatsoever, shall be drawn along the said road with a
greater weight than is hereby allowed, the owner or owners of such
carriage, of the excess of burthen shall be three hundred weight or
upwards, shall forfeit and pay four times the customary tolls for
the use of the company; Provided always, that it shall and may be
lawful for the said company by their by-laws to alter any or all the
regulations herein contained respecting the burthens or carriages
to be drawn over the said road, and to substitute other regulations,
if upon experiment such alterations shall be found conducive to the
public good; Provided nevertheless, that such regulations shall
not
lessen the burthen of carriages above described. |
Treasurer W. S.
constituted a court
of inspection. |
17. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the treasurer
of the western
shore be and he is hereby constituted a court of inspection, and it
shall and may be the duty of the said company once every year,
(and oftener if required by the court,) to lay before the same a
correct and methodical account of their disbursements and expenditures,
and of the amount of tolls collected and received on the
said road for and during the twelve months preceding; and whenever
the tolls shall, during two following years, exceed ten per centum,
free of all charges on the institution, the said court shall at
their discretion hold the excess thus arising above the ten per
centum in reserve to meet any future deficiency, or if in their
judgment
a continuance of the then tolls would produce a like annual
excess, to lower the tolls, or any of them, so as to bring the aggregate
on the said road to ten per centum per annum; and the said
court may, in their discretion, on the representation of the aforesaid
company, revise the tolls herein established, so as to render
them in their operation more favourable to the commerce and industry
of the citizens. |
Stockholders entitled
to receive ten
percent. |
18. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the stockholders
of the present
company shall be entitled to receive ten per centum per annum and
no more, over and above all charges and deductions whatsoever;
and the president and managers of the said company shall keep a |
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