| NOV. 1809. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
end of any such triennial period there shall be a surplus of tolls,
over and above satisfying the aforesaid ten per centum upon the
said road, the said court of inspection shall have power, and is
hereby authorised, to receive such surplus, and to employ the same
in purchasing out the stock of the said road. |
General assembly
may on one year's
notice purchase
road, &c. |
26. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the general assembly
of Maryland
may, at any period after the said road shall have been completed,
one year's notice being given to the stockholders, pay the
said company the amount of the cost of the said road, with such an
interest thereon as shall make it equal, with the tolls received, to
ten per centum, from the investments of their monies, and that
thenceforward the tolls shall be subject to the regulation of the legislature. |
Guide-posts and
mile-stones to be
erected. |
27. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said company
shall cause
posts to be erected at the intersection of every public road falling
into and leading out of the said turnpike road, with a board and
index hand, pointing to the direction of such road, on both sides
whereof shall be inscribed, in legible characters, the name of the
town, village or place, to which such road leads, and the distance
thereof in computed miles, and the said company shall cause mile-stones
to be placed at the side of the said road, beginning at the
distance of one mile from the bounds of George-town, and extending
thence to the termination of the said road, whereon shall be
marked, in plain legible characters, the number of miles which each
stone is distant from George-town aforesaid, and at every gate or
turnpike by them to be fixed on the said road, shall cause the distance
from George-town aforesaid, and the distance from the nearest
gate or turnpike, in each direction, to be marked in legible
characters, designating the number of miles, and fractions of a
mile, on the said gates, or some other conspicuous place, for the
information of travellers and others using the said road; and if any
person shall wilfully destroy the said posts, boards, index hands or
mile-stones, 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 and disinterested witness, 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. |
Wagoners, &c. to
keep to the right. |
28. 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 his 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. |
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