WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 453

	SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
	of Maryland, That the sale and transfer by the
	Union Bridge Turnpike Company of all that part
	of their road from Union Bridge, in Carroll county,
	to Daniel Wolfe's, in Frederick county, and of all
	their rights, franchises and privileges in their road from Union Bridge, in Carroll county, to Johnsville,
	in Frederick county, to the Liberty and Pipe Creek
	Turnpike Road Company, and that all acts done	Acts made
	in pursuance of such sale and transfer be and the	valid.
	same are hereby made valid, and that the property
	in said road, and the franchises of the said Union
	Bridge Turnpike Company, be and the same are
	hereby vested in the Liberty and Pipe Creek
	Turnpike Road Company as fully and to the same
	extent as the same were conferred upon the Bald
	Union Bridge Turnpike Company.
	SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said Liberty
	and Pipe Creek Turnpike Company are hereby au-
	thorized to erect gates and charge and take toll on
	the said part of said turnpike road so transferred,
	as allowed by law to the said Union Bridge Turn-
	pike Company ; and the said company are hereby vested with all the powers and charged with the	Eiect gates
	same duties relative to the said part of said road
	from Union Bridge, in Carroll county, to Johnsville,
	in Frederick county, as were granted to and re- quired from the said Union Bridge Turnpike Com-
	pany by their charter.
	SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said Liberty and Pipe Creek Turnpike Road Company be and is	Annually as-
	hereby further authorized and empowered, as to the	sess.
	whole extent of their road from Union Bridge, in
	Carroll coanty, to Liberty town, in Frederick coun-
	ty, to assess annually upon each individual or per-
	son habitually using their said road between the
	toll gates thereof, and not passing or going through
	any of such toll gates, such amount, to be paid quar-
	terly by the individual or person so assessed, as shall
	be just and reasonable for such use of said road, and
	shall have power to collect the same before any
	justice of the peace of the county in which such in-
	dividual may reside or do business, on an action of
	debt ; provided that such assessment shall only be