ART. 23] BRIDGE COMPANIES. 581

shall report at 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 specified in writing by the county commissioners.

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

117. If the bridge be erected over a stream dividing two
counties, or between this State and another State, the corpora-
tion shall make the like report hereinbefore provided to be
made to the county commissioners, 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 readjustments 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. 91. 1868, ch 471, sec. 123.

118. The written authority or warrant of the county com-
missioners 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. 92. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 124.

119. No bridge shall be erected on a navigable river, unless
authorized by an act of the general assembly.
Dundalk, etc., Ry. Co. v. Governor Smith, 97 Md. 180

Ibid. sec. 93. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 125.

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