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ROBERT BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
or deface the same, or deface the directions made on the
said gates or other conspicuous places as aforesaid, or shall, without
permission of the acting superintendent of the said road, throw
out upon the road, or within the limits of the same, and suffer to
remain for the space of one day, any mould, dirt, weeds, or rubbish
of any kind, such person, being convicted thereof by the evidence
of one or more credible or disinterested witnesses, before
any justice of the peace of the county, he or she shall be adjudged
by the said justice to pay a fine, not exceeding ten dollars, to be
recovered, with costs, as debts under ten pounds are by law recoverable,
which fine, when recovered, shall be paid to the treasurer
of the company for the use of the said company. |
1805.
CHAP. 79. |
26. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all wagoners,
and drivers of
carriages of all kinds, whether of burthen or pleasure, using the
said road, shall, except when passing by a carriage of slower
draught, keep their horses and carriages on the right hand side of
the said road, in the passing direction, leaving the other side of the
road free and clear for other carriages to pass and repass, and if
any driver shall offend against this provision, he shall forfeit and
pay not exceeding ten dollars to any person who shall be obstructed
in this passage, and will warrant for the same, to be recovered,
with costs, before any justice, in the same manner as debts under
ten pounds are recoverable. |
Wagons, &c. to
keep on the right
hand side. |
27. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall not be
lawful for the said
company to ask, demand or receive, of or from any person or persons
living on or adjacent to the said road, within three miles of
any of the said gates or turnpikes, any toll for passing the said
gate more than once in twenty-four hours. |
Persons living on
or adjacent to
road to pay toll
but once in 24
hours. |
28. AND BE IT ENACTED, That no toll-gate shall
be erected
within the distance of one mile from any of the towns or villages
in this act mentioned. |
No toll-gate to be
within one mile of
a town, &c. |
29. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said president
and managers
of the said turnpike road for the time being, shall and may, and
they are hereby authorised and empowered, to grant, demise, and
to farm let, to any person or persons with whom they can agree,
the tolls and duties which they, by virtue of this act or their own
by-laws, are authorised to demand and receive for passage in, upon
and along, the said road, at any such gate or turnpike, over or
upon the same, or any part of the same, for any term not exceeding
seven years, under such rents, reservations and conditions, as the
said president and managers, at any meeting of their board, shall
agree upon, which grants and demises shall have the same construction,
force and effect, as other like grants and demises made between
private persons have and receive. |
Tolls and duties
may be granted,
demised and
farm-let.
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30. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if, by the termination
of the said
road, it should so happen that a fractional part may remain over
and above the even ten miles, measuring from the line of the district
of Columbia aforesaid, that it shall and may be lawful for the
said company, on the same being completed agreeably to this act,
to make application to the governor and council, who shall thereupon
have the same examined and licensed as aforesaid to receive
tolls in the same proportions on the aforesaid fractional part of the
said road, as is herein before allowed to be received on other parts
of the road. |
Tolls may be received
on fractional
parts of the
road, &c. |
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