| CHARLES GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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 each stockholder respectively. |
1818.
CHAP. 154. |
11. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said bridge
shall be built on
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 substantial railing
on each side, at least four feet high, and there shall be a draw in
said bridge, so as to afford a convenient passage to vessels up and
down the said river, of at least twenty-four feet wide, 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 said
draw, in order to admit vessels to pass through without delay, they
shall have buoys fixed on each side of said draw with ropes sufficient
to warp vessels through, for which no reward shall be demanded
or received; in case of any neglect, the president and directors
may be indicted and fined in Dorchester county court, and
also liable in a special action on the case for any damage that any
person or persons may sustain by reason of such neglect. |
Bridge to be built
in the most secure
and substantial
manner, &c. |
12. AND BE IT ENACTED, That for and in consideration
of the
great risk and expense 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, to wit: For every chariot, or
other four wheeled carriage, stage or wagon, twenty five cents;
for every chaise, gig, cart, or other two wheeled carriage of whatever
description, twelve and an half cents; for a man and horse six
and one fourth cents; for every mule or horse, three cents; for every
foot passenger two cents; for every head of horned cattle two cents;
for every sheep or hog a half cent; which rates or tolls shall at all
times be made public, and kept in some convenient place, for the
inspection of all passengers; which rates or tolls shall at all times
be punctually paid at the time of crossing said bridge; and if the
said president and directors, or their successors, or any person
by their authority, shall receive any greater rates or tolls for passing
over the said bridge than is hereby before allowed, or shall neglect
to keep the said bridge in good repair for the space of fifteen
days, at any one time, they so offending shall for every such offence
forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars, one half to the use
of the county and the other half for the use of the person who may
sue for the same, provided that no action shall be brought unless
within fifty days after such offence be committed. |
When built to be
vested in company
for ever. Tolls. |
13. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said president
and directors
shall keep a just and true account of all monies received by their
several and respective collectors of tolls for crossing said bridge;
and shall make and declare a dividend of the profits and income
thereof, among all the stockholders, first deducting therefrom all
contingent costs and charges, and such proportions of the said income
as they shall deem necessary to provide against the decay, |
Accounts of monies
received for
tolls to be kept,
and dividends to
be declared. |
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