| CHARLES GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
the proprietor or proprietors of the land on the Maryland shore,
against which the said bridge shall be proposed to be abutted, for
the privilege of said abutment, and if the said president and directors
should not be able to agree with said proprietor or proprietors
upon the price for said privilege of an abutment, then the said president
and directors shall apply to the court of Washington county,
Maryland, whose duty it shall be to appoint nine disinterested and
respectable citizens of Washington county aforesaid, who being
first sworn, shall view the lands so proposed for said abutment, and
fairly and impartially, to the best of their judgment, fix upon and
ascertain the sum which the said proprietor or proprietors ought to
have and receive for the privileges of said abutment, taking all circumstances
into consideration; and provided the proprietor or
proprietors of the property aforesaid, or the president and directors
of the bridge company aforesaid, shall not be satisfied
with the decision of the commissioners aforesaid, either party
may appeal to the judges of the county court of Washington
county, whose decision shall be final; and upon the said president
and directors paying to said proprietor or proprietors the sum so
assessed, the land on which said bridge may be abutted, and the
privilege aforesaid, shall be for ever vested in said company; Provided
always, that if the said bridge shall be abutted on the land
of any person or persons now owning a ferry over the river Potomac,
then the value of such ferry shall be assessed to such person
or persons in the damages aforesaid; And provided also, that the
damages assessed shall be fully paid to the party entitled to receive
the same, before the said company shall be entitled to exercise any
act of possession or ownership on the land intended for the said
abutment. |
1818.
CHAP. 73.
Provisos. |
8. AND BE IT ENACTED, That as soon as said
bridge shall be
completed, it shall be lawful for the corporation aforesaid to demand
and receive the following tolls and rates for passing the same; that
is to say, for a man, horse, mule or work ox, six and one quarter
cents; for all wagons, carts or carriages, twelve and one half cents
per wheel; for every head of neat cattle, four cents; and for every
sheep, hog or goat, two cents, and no more; and if the collector of
the tolls shall demand and receive from any person or persons for
passing said bridge, more than is hereby allowed, he shall for every
such offence forfeit and pay to the party aggrieved five dollars,
to be recovered before any justice of the peace in Maryland or Virginia;
and any person or persons attempting forcibly to pass said
bridge, without paying toll, or refusing to pay the same after having
passed, shall be liable to a like penalty, to be recovered in manner
aforesaid, for the use of said corporation. |
Rates of toll allowed
when
bridge is completed. |
9. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the president and
directors aforesaid
shall, at the end of every six months from the time said bridge
shall be completed, after defraying all necessary and proper expenses
and charges, declare the dividends due to each stockholder,
which shall be paid by the treasurer upon the order of the board of
directors. |
Dividends to be
declared every six
months. |
10. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the shares of
stock shall be
transferrable only on the books of the corporation in such manner
as the board of directors may direct. |
Transfers, how to
be made. |
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