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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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1830.
CHAP 129,
Toll-gatherers
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bridges, shall be subject to the same restrictions specified
in the said ninth section.
Sec. 13* And be it enacted. That the said company
having perfected the said road, or such parts thereof front
time to time as aforesaid, and the same being examined,
approved and licensed, in manner aforesaid, it shall and
may be lawful for them to appoint such and so many toll-
gatherers as they shall think proper, to collect and receive
of and from every person or persons using said road the-
tolls and rates per mile, according to the length of the roadr
as are charged and collected at the toll-gates on the Balti-
more and Frederick Turnpike Road, and to stop any per-
son riding, leading or driving, any horses, mules, oxen,
cattle, hogs, sheep, sulky, chair, chaise, phaeton, coach,
coachee, cart, wagon, wain, sled, or other carriage of plea-
sure or burden, from passing through the said gates, until
the toll for the said passage shall have been paid; Provid-
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Proviso
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ed however, that no toll gate shall be erected within one
mile from the taxable limits of Frederick city, Emmits-
burg, or any other town or village through which said road
may pass, or within one quarter of a mile thereof.
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Powers.
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Sec. 14. And be it enacted, That the company hereby
incorporated shall have all the power and remedy for using
the road, or refusal to pay toll, or fraud practised, as are
given by the act incorporating the Baltimore and Frede-
rick Turnpike Company, and shall be subject to the same
proceedings and penalty in case the said road is not kept
in repair as are provided in the act incorporating said Bal-
timore and Frederick Turnpike Road Company.
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Accounts to be
kept.
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Sec 15. And be it enacted, That the president and ma-
nagers of the said company shall keep a fair and just ac-
count of all monies received by them from the said com-
missioners, and from the subscribers to the said undertak-
ing, on account of the several subscriptions, and also all
money expended by them in the prosecution of their said
work, and shall once at least in every year submit such ac-
count to a general meeting of the stockholders, until the
said road shall be completed, and until all the costs, charges
and expense, of effecting the same, shall he fully paid and
discharged, and the aggregate amount of such expenses
shall be liquidated and ascertained; and if upon such liqui-
dation, or when the capital stock shall be expended, it shall
and may be lawful for the president, managers and compa-
ny, to enlarge the capital stock of said company to such an
extent as shall be deemed sufficient to accomplish the work,
and receive subscriptions on the original terms, as before
provided for in the second, third and fourth section of
this act.
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