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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and one hundred and seventy-five feet wide upon

the surface, and one hundred feet wide at the bot-

tom thereof, and not to exceed three hundred feet

at the surface, and one hundred and fifty feet wide

at the bottom.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the

said company are hereby authorized to establish a

Establish tar-

tariff of tolls for the navigation or use of the said

iff of tolls.

canal, or any part thereof, and the same to alter at

their pleasure ; provided said tolls shall not exceed

ten cents per ton.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That all vessels shall

be free to navigate said canal upon equal terms ;

and said canal, when so constructed and open for

navigation, shall be and remain a public commercial

Commercial

highway, open to all vessels upon terms of the most

highway.

exact equality, and no higher tolls, by any name or

device whatsoever, shall be charged upon or collected

from citizens of any State than are charged or paid

as through tolls.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That for the

purpose of securing the complete opening of the

ship canal, so as to connect the waters of the Ches-

apeake and Delaware bays, the said company shall

have power and authority to enter into such con-

tract or contracts, upon such terms and conditions

as may seem proper and expedient, with any other

corporation or person or persons whatsoever having

authority to cut or make any canal or canals in the

Authority to

State of Delaware, in order that a connection may

contract.

be made with such canal or canals, and the object

and purposes of this act be more fully carried out,

and thereupon, on such connections being made,

that the said continuous canal or canals, and all and

singular, its and their appendages and appurtenances,
may be used and employed by the said company so
far forth as the authority of this State may extend,

to give any needful power thereof, as if such other

canal or canals lay wholly within the limits of this

State, and such contract or contracts as aforesaid

were made with the full approbation of the General

Assembly of Maryland.