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WILLIAM PACA, Esq; Governor.
English milled crowns,
0 5 0
'French silver crowns,
0 5 0
Johannes, weighing eighteen pennyweight,
3 12 0
Half Johannes, weighing nine pennyweight,
1 16 0
Moidores, weighing six pennyweight eighteen grains,
1 7 0
English guineas, weighing five pennyweight six grains,
1 1 0
French ditto, weighing five ditto five grains,
1 0 10
Doubloons, weighing seventeen pennyweight,
3 6 0
Spanish pistoles, weighing four pennyweight six grains,
0 16 6
French milled pistoles, weighing four pennyweight and four grains,
0 16 4
Arabian chequins, weighing two pennyweight three grains,
0 8 6
Other gold coin (German excepted) by the pennyweight,
0 4 0
But if any of the coin aforesaid should hereafter be rendered less valuable
than
they are at present, either by lessening their weight, or therewith adding
a greater
quantity of alloy than is in them respectively at present, then so much
of any of
the said coins, the value of which is so reduced, to be received for the
tolls aforesaid,
as is equal in value to the said coins in their present state of fineness
and
weight, shall be payable for the said toll at their reduced value only.
And in
case of refusal or neglect to pay the toll at the time of offering to pass
through
any of the said places, and previous to the vessels passing through the
same, the
collectors of the said tolls may lawfully refuse passage to such vessel;
and if any
vessel shall pass without paying the said toll, then the said collectors
may seize
such vessel, wherever found, and sell the same at auction for ready money,
which,
so far as is necessary, shall be applied towards paying the said toll and
all expences
of seizure and sale, and the balance (if any) shall be paid to the owner,
and
the person having the direction of such vessel shall be liable for such
toll, if the
same is not paid by sale of such vessel as aforesaid; provided, that the
said proprietors,
or a majority of them, holding at least three hundred shares, shall have
full
power and authority, at any general meeting, to lessen the said tolls,
or any of
them, or to determine that any article may pass free of toll. |
1784.
CHAP.
XXXIII. |
X. And be it
enacted, That the said river, and the works to be erected thereon
in virtue of this act, when completed, shall for ever thereafter be esteemed
and
taken to be navigable as a public highway, free for the transportation
of all goods,
commodities or produce, whatsoever, on payment of the tolls imposed by
this
act; and no other toll or tax whatever, for the use of the water of the
said river,
and the works thereon erected, shall at any time hereafter be imposed by
both or either of the said states, subject nevertheless to such regulations
as the legislatures
of the said states may concur in, to prevent the importation of prohibited
goods, or to prevent fraud in evading the payment of duties imposed in
both or either of the said states on goods imported into either of them. |
River to be
esteemed public,
&c. |
XI. And,
whereas it is necessary for the making the said canal, locks, and
other works, that a provision should be made for condemning a quantity
of land
for the purpose; Be it enacted, That
it shall and may be lawful for the said president
and directors, or a majority of them, to agree with the owners of any land
through which the said canal is intended to pass, for the purchase thereof,
and in case
of disagreement, or in case the owner thereof shall be a feme covert,
under age, non
compos, or out of the state, on application to any two justices of
the county in
which such land shall lie, the said justices shall issue their warrant,
under their
hands, to the sheriff of their county, to summon a jury of twenty-four
inhabitants
of his county, of property and reputation, not related to the parties,
nor in
any manner interested, to meet on the land to be valued, at a day to be
expressed
in the warrant, not less than ten or more than twenty days thereafter,
and the
sheriff, upon receiving the said warrant, shall forthwith summon the said
jury,
and when met, shall administer an oath, or affirmation, to every juryman
that
shall appear, that he will faithfully, justly and impartially, value the
land (not
exceeding in any case the width of two hundred feet) and all damages the
owner
thereof shall sustain by the cutting the canal through such land, according
to the
best of his skill and judgment, and that in such valuation he will not
spare any |
Directors may
purchase land,
&c. |
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