GEORGE HOWARD, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

1831.

ted to be paid to the stockholders or to any other person,
his bond shall be liable to be put in suit in the name of the
directors and their successors, or any three of them.

CHAP. 212.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That the president aforesaid
shall keep a book or books in which he shall make an entry
of all the proceedings of the board, and shall also receive
from the collector or collectors of the company, all money
collected by him or them for tolls, and make entries of the
same, and the president and directors, or a majority of them,

Book* and ac-
counts.

shall have power to apply any part of the tolls to the bene-
fit and improvement of the works; and shall declare a divi-

Application of
tolls.

dend once in six months, to be paid over to the stockholders,
and the president and directors shall pay to the president
for his services, a sum not exceeding the sum of three hun-
dred dollars per annum.

Compensation to
president.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That the president and direc-
tors shall have power to appoint an agent, removeable at
pleasure, to collect the tolls under their orders and direc-
tions, and he shall receive for his services at a rate not ex-
ceeding two hundred dollars per anaum.

Agents— toll fath-
ers.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That the president and direc-

Power to purchase

tors aforesaid, shall have power to purchase land necessa-
ry for wharves and roads; Provided, such purchase or pur-
chases, shall not exceed four hundred dollars.

Limitation.

Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That the president and di-
rectors shall have power to pass by laws, for the better re-
gulation of the navigation of all part of works to be done
or made, and shall have power to prescribe the manner in
which they shall be entered and used by any steamboats, or
other vessels entering or lying within the same, and the
time of their continuance therein, and shall have power to

By laws and regu-
lations within the
works

annex penalties for the violation of the same, to be recover-
ed by warrant before a single magistrate; Provided, that no
penalty shall exceed the sum of twenty dollars.

Penalties.
Proviso.

Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That when the said creek
shall be rendered navigable, the president and directors, or

Authority to col-
lect tolls.

a majority of them, shall be authorised and empowered to
collect the sums of money hereafter mentioned, from all ves-
sels navigating the said creek, or from all vessels coming
within the said works, and in case of refusal or neglect to pay
the same, the president and directors, or a majority of them,
shall have power to collect the same by suit or warrant as
the case may be, from the captain or owners of the said ves-
sels, or other persons having charge of the same, and the
sheriff of Queen Anne county, or his deputy, or any consta-
ble having legal process against such persons, shall have
power to enter into the said vessels, and arrest the persons

Process.