| 1817.
CHAP. 224. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
the purpose of erecting the said bridge, and also of all monies by
them expended in the prosecution of the said work; and shall at
least once in every year submit such accounts to a general meeting
of the stockholders, until the said bridge be completed, and
until all the costs, charges and expenses, for effecting the same,
shall be fully paid and discharged, and the aggregate amount of
all such expenses shall be liquidated and ascertained; and if after
the said bridge is completed, it shall be found that more monies
shall remain in the hands of the treasurer than is necessary for
the payment of all charges and expenses incurred in and about
erecting the said bridge, the surplus shall be returned as part of
the dividend due and payable to the stockholders respectively. |
Bridge, how to be
built. |
9. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said bridge
shall be built in the
most secure and substantial manner, and shall be secured and supported
at each end by good and sufficient abutments, or piers, and
shall be not less than eighteen feet wide, with railing on each side
thereof at least four feet high, and there shall be a draw in the
said bridge, so as to afford a convenient passage to vessels up and
down the said river, of at least twenty-six feet wide, with wings
on each side of said bridge at the draw, to be at least fifteen feet
long and five feet deep; and the president and directors for the time
being, shall keep a sufficient number of hands at all times ready
for the purpose of raising the said draw, in order to admit vessels
to pass through without delay or interruption; they shall have buoys
fixed on each side of said draw with ropes sufficient to warp vessels
through whenever the winds or current may render it necessary,
for which no reward shall be demanded or received; and in case of
any neglect, the said president and directors may be indicted and
fined in Somerset or Dorchester county courts as for a common
nuisance. |
| Rates of toll. |
10. AND BE IT ENACTED, That for and in consideration
of the
great risk and expenses to be incurred by said company, not only for
building the said bridge, but for keeping the same in continual repair,
the said bridge, when built and completed according to the
directions of this act, and all its profits, shall be and the same are
hereby vested in the said company for ever, to be held as tenants
in common, in proportion to their respective shares; and it shall and
may be lawful for the said directors, at all times hereafter, to demand
and receive the following tolls for passing said bridge to wit:
For every coach, chariot, or other four wheeled carriage, stage or
wagon, seventy-five cents; for every two wheeled carriage or cart
of every description, thirty seven and an half cents; for a horse and
rider twenty cents; for every horse or mule twelve and an half
cents; for every head of horned cattle six cents; for every sheep or
hog four cents; for every foot passenger twelve and half cents (a);
which rates of toll shall at all times be made public and kept in
some conspicuous place for the inspection of passengers; Provided
(b) that no toll shall be demanded or received from any person residing
in Somerset and Dorchester county, and in lieu thereof the levy
court of said county is hereby authorised and directed, at their
first session after the said bridge is completed, and annually thereafter,
(a) By 1818, ch. 176, three cents
only are to be demanded and received from
foot passengers.
(b) By 1818, ch. 176, the proviso in this section
is repealed, and tolls may be
demanded and received from the people of the said counties, &c. |
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