THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1835

all goods, produce, merchandise or property, other

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than persons, not exceeding one cent per ton per mile

for toll, and five cents per mile for transportation of

passengers, for each passenger, and it shall not be

lawful for any other company or any person or per-

sons whatever, to travel upon or use any of the roads

of said company, without the license or permission of

the president and directors of said company, and the

said road or roads with all their works, improvements,

and profits, and all the machinery and power used up-

on said road or roads are hereby vested in the said

company, and their successors forever; as well as the

shares of the capital .stock of the said company, shall

be deemed and considered personal estate, and shall

be, exempt from the imposition of any tax or burthen

whatever.

SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That the said president

Dividends

and directors shall annually, or semi annually, declare

and make such dividends, as they may deem proper,

of the nett profits arising from the operations of the

said company, after deducting the necessary current

and probable contingent expenses; and they shall di-

vide the same among the proprietors of the capital

stock in proportion to the shares by them respectively

held.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That the company afore-

May employ boats

said, shall have power to construct, purchase, hold

and employ any boats or vessels on the waters of the

Chesapeake bay, propelled by steam or otherwise, for

the transportation of persons or property to or from

their said road or roads, and charge therefor reasona-

ble compensation for freight or passage.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That if any person or

Penalty for injur-

persons shall wilfully, by any means whatever, injure,

ing

impair or destroy any part of any of said roads, or any

of the works, buildings, carriages, machines, vessels,

materials or other property of the company hereby in-

corporated, such person or persons shall each of them

Fine and imprison-

forfeit and pay to the said company, for every such of-

ment

fence, the sum of two hundred dollars over and above

the value of the property so injured and destroyed, and

the damages thereby occasioned, which may be recov-