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LEVIN WINDER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
just and true account of all and every the monies received by their
several and respective collectors of tolls at the several and respective
gates and turnpikes on the said road, from the beginning to
the end thereof, which account shall be upon oath or affirmation,
as the case may be, and shall make a dividend of the clear profits
and income thereof, not exceeding ten per centum in any year,
among all the stockholders of every description, and shall, on the
first Monday in May and November in every year, publish the half
yearly dividend made of the said clear profits as aforesaid, and of
the time and place when and where the same will be paid, and shall
cause the same to be paid accordingly. |
1814.
CHAP. 71. |
19. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all such carriages
as aforesaid
drawn by oxen in the whole, or partly by horses and partly by oxen,
two oxen shall be estimated as equal to one horse in charging
all the aforesaid tolls, and every mule as equal to one horse. |
Two oxen estimated
equal to one
horse. |
20. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if the said company,
after the
said road is completed as aforesaid, shall neglect to keep the said
road in good and perfect order for the space of fifteen days, and
information shall be given to any justice of the peace of the neighbourhood,
within the county where the repair ought to be made,
such justice shall issue a precept, to be directed to any constable,
commanding him to summon three disinterested persons, to be
named by the said justice in the said precept, to meet at a certain
time in the said precept to be mentioned, at the place in the said
road
which shall be complained of, of which meeting notice shall be
given to the keeper of the gate or turnpike nearest thereto; and the
said justice shall at such time and place, on the oaths or affirmations
of the said persons, inquire whether the said road, or any
part thereof, is in such good and perfect order and repair as aforesaid,
and shall cause an inquisition to be made and certified, under
the hands of himself and a majority of the said persons; and if the
road shall be found by the said inquisition to be be out of order and
repair, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, the said
justice shall certify and send one copy of the said inquisition to
each
of the keepers of the turnpikes or gates between which such defective
place shall be, and from thenceforth the tolls hereby granted
to be collected at such turnpikes or gates shall cause to be
demanded,
paid or collected, until the said defective part or parts shall be
put in good and perfect order and repair as aforesaid; and if the
same shall not be put in good and perfect order before the next
county court of said county, the aforesaid justice shall certify and
send a copy of the inquisition aforesaid to the judges of the county
court, who shall thereupon cause to be brought before them the body
or bodies of the person or persons intrusted by the company with
the care and superintendance of such part of the said road as shall
be found defective, and if the said person or persons intrusted by
the company aforesaid shall be convicted of the offence by the said
inquisition, the said court shall fine the said person or persons according
to the nature and aggravation of the neglect, in their discretion,
not exceeding one hundred dollars for every week such
place shall have been out of order and repair; and in case the said
company should neglect to have the said place repaired within fifteen
days after the aforesaid fine shall have been laid, then the said court
shall proceed to fine the said president, managers and company, in |
Repairs—neglect
—penalty, &c. |
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