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ROBERT BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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, if 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 burthens of carriages
above described. |
1805.
CHAP. 79.
Provisos. |
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 the 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 said
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 commerce and the
industry of the citizens. |
Treasurer of western
shore to be a
court of inspection,
&c. |
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
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 beginnings to
the ends 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 November and May 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. |
Stockholders not
to receive more
than ten per cent.
—Half yearly dividends
to be published,
&c. |
19. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all such carriages
as aforesaid
to be drawn by oxen in the whole, or partly by horses and partly |
In charging tolls
two oxen to be
equal to one horse. |
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