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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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Hickory, an artificial road of stone, the bed of which
shall be at least sixteen feet wide, and in no place less
than twelve inches deep, and the same shall be completed
within four years after the passage of this act.
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Toll gate.
Vested rights.
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SEC. 9. And be it enacted,
That when the said road
has been completed according to the provisions of this
act, it shall and may be lawful for the company to erect
one toll-gate on said road, and to charge and receive
the same rates of toll as are demanded and received by
the Bel-Air Turnpike Company, incorporated at December
session, eighteen hundred and forty-nine,
chapter four hundred and ninety-two; and the said Bel-Air
and Hickory Turnpike Road Company is hereby
clothed and invested with all and singular the rights,
privileges, immunities and advantages, not inconsistent
with the provisions of this act, that are held, used and
possessed by the Bel-Air Turnpike Company, and
shall be governed by the same regulations, and subject
to the same fines, penalties and restrictions, as the said
Bel-Air Turnpike Company now is, where the same
are not inconsistent with the provisions of this act.
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Tolls.
Proviso.
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SEC. 10. And be it enacted,
That all persons whatsoever,
travelling on said road, shall be chargeable with
tolls as provided in the ninth section of this act; Provided,
that no funeral procession, or person passing to
and from church, or from part of his or her farm to
another thereof, shall be chargeable with toll.
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Banking forbid.
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SEC. 11. And be it enacted,
That nothing herein
contained shall be held to authorise the said corporation
to exercise any banking powers, or issue any note,
token or device to circulate as currency; and the Legislature
reserves the right to amend or alter this act at any
time.
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In force.
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SEC. 12. And be it enacted,
That this act shall be
in force from its passage.
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