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each period to the county commissioners the gross amounts of receipt
and expenditure; and the rates of toll shall be so readjusted, if need
be, as to yield not more than eight per centum net dividend; and at
any time thereafter the corporation shall, on demand of the county
commissioners, report the amounts of receipt and expenditure for any
period demanded, and the tolls shall be readjusted so as to yield not
more than said dividend. The rates of toll to be charged shall be speci-
fied in writing by the county commissioners.

1904, art. 23, sec. 117. 1888, art. 23, sec. 90. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 122.

129. If the bridge be erected over a stream dividing two counties,
or between this State and another State, the corporation shall make the
like report hereinbefore provided to be made to the county commis-
sioners, to the comptroller of the treasury, who shall lay the same
before the governor, who shall issue his warrant specifying the rates
of toll to be charged so as to yield eight per centum per annum net
dividend; and like reports shall be made to the comptroller every six
months, and at any subsequent times as are provided in the preceding
section to be made to the county commissioners; and revisions and read-
justments of tolls shall be made by the governor, as are directed to be
made by the county commissioners, in cases of bridges located in any
one county.

Ibid. sec. 118. 1888, art. 23, sec. 91. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 123.

130. The written authority or warrant of the county commis-
sioners and of the governor, in the respective cases, shall be evidence
of the right of the corporation to charge the tolls demanded; and said
authority or warrant shall be printed and exposed to public inspection
at every place where the payment of tolls may be demanded.

Ibid. sec. 119. 1888, art 23, sec. 92. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 124.

131. No bridge shall be erected on a navigable river, unless author-
ized by an act of the general assembly.

A railway company incorporated under this article is not entitled to a
mandamus to compel the board of public works to take action upon the plans
submitted to it under section 282, unless legislative assent has been procured
for the erection of the bridge as required by this section. The application of
this section is not limited to companies for the erection of bridges. Dundalk,
etc., By. Co. v. Governor Smith, 97 Md. 180.

See sec. 282.

See art. 25, sec. 32.

Ibid. sec. 120. 1888, art. 23, sec. 93. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 125.

132. Before the governor shall issue his warrant authorizing the
collection of tolls, he shall be satisfied, from the report of five commis-
sioners, to be appointed by him, that the bridge has been erected and
completed in a substantial and proper manner.

Ibid. sec. 121. 1888, art. 23, sec. 94. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 126.

133. When any citizen shall allege, in writing, to the circuit court
for any county, that any bridge situate within or partly within said