JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 197
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shall certify and send a copy of the inquisition afore-
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Send a copy.
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said to the next term of the Circuit Court for Fred-
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erick county, and the judge thereof shall cause to be
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brought before him the person or persons intrusted
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by the said company with the care and superintend-
ance of such parts of said road so found to be defective,
and if the said person or persons shall be convicted of
the offence by the said inquisition charged, the said
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Shall be con- .
victed.
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court shall fine the said person or persons according
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to the nature and aggravation of the neglect, in its
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discretion, not exceeding one hundred dollars for
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every month since said inquisition shall find that
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such places shall have been out of order and repair ;
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and in case the said company shall neglect to have
such places repaired within fifteen days after the fine
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Shall neglect.
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aforesaid, then the court shall proceed to fine the
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president of said company in its discretion, not ex-
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Fine the
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ceeding the sum of two hundred dollars, for the use
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president.
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of the county, under the discrection of the county
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commissioners ; and any person paying toll during
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the time that the said road shall be out of order
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may recover the amount so paid from said
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May recover.
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company.
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SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That if any person or
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persons whomsoever, riding or driving, himself, or
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any animal or thing for which tolls are prescribed
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by this act, shall pass through any private gate or
bar, passage way or other ground, with the intent
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Shall pass
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to defraud the said company, and avoid the payment
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Avoid pay-
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of the toll or duty for passing through any of its
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ment.
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gates or turnpike, such person or persons, in all or
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any of the ways or means so offending, shall for
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every such offence respectively, forfeit and pay to
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Forfeit and
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said company any sum not less than ten dollars nor
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pay.
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more than twenty dollars, to be sued for and re-
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Recovered
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covered with costs of suit, before any justice of the
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with costs.
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peace of the county, in like manner as debts of a
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similar amount may be sued for and recovered, and
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with same right of appeal as in such cases.
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SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the said com-
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pany are authorized to connect its road with the
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Authorized
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Union Bridge Turnpike road, at or near the point
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to connect.
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hereinbefore specified.
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SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That upon the com-
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pletion of the said road between the points in this
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