GEORGE HOWARD, ESQ. GOVERNOR.

1831,

Sec. 2. And be it enacted. That the president and direc-

CHAP. 297,

tors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal compauy, or a ma-

Authority to make

jority of them, acting in behalf of the said company, shall

by-law.

be, and they are hereby authorised and empowered from

time to time, to pass all by-laws which may be necessary

for the exercise of the powers vested in said company by

the several acts incorporating the same, or amendatory

thereof, or supplementary thereto; Provided always, That

Proviso

such by-laws shall not be contrary to the laws of this

state, of the United States, or of the states in which they

operate; and that the said company shall not be authorised by

Right reserved.

any such by-laws or regulations, to prevent the proprietor or

proprietors of any lands through which the said canal, dams,

basins, feeders, or other appertenant works may be con-

structed, from joining or connecting with the said work,

any fence or wall which shall not be found to injure the

works aforesaid, nor to prohibit the aforesaid proprietor or

proprietors, from having access to the said canal and its ap-

pertenant works, at the most convenient places, and from

crossing and recrossing the same at their discretion, and in

any of the modes hitherto agreed upon by the said compa-

ny; Provided, in so doing they do not impede the naviga-

tion, or injure the said works; and, if any person or persons

shall wilfully offend against any such by-law, after a copy

thereof shall have been set up for public inspection, at each

of the toll houses on said canal, such person or persons so

offending, shall each of them, for every such offence, for-

feit and pay to the said company, the sum of five dollars,

Penalty for violat-

to be recovered in the name of said company, before any

ing by laws.

justice of the peace, for the county wherein the offence

may be committed.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said president and di-

Authority to pre-
scribe dimensions

rectors, or a majority of them, acting in behalf of the

and equipments of

Chesepeake and Ohio Canal company, may prescribe the

of boats &c.

form, dimensions and equipment of the boats and floats to

be used upon the canal, with a view to prevent accidental

injury to them, or to the works of the canal, in passing

each other, or in passing by or through any of those works;

and if the owner, captain or other person, having charge of

any boat or float, shall negligently violate, or refuse to com-
ply with any such regulation, the president and directors

Case of violating
by laws.

may require the owner, captain or other person having

charge thereof, to withdraw his said boat or float from the

Boat to be with-
drawn.

canal, by some one of the outlets thereof, or, in the event of

his failure to do so on reasonable notice, may order the

same to be broken up and removed from the canal, or any

Or may be broke

of its basins, ponds, feeders or other works; and in like

up.