JOSEPH KENT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1827

Sec, 18. And be it enacted, That the president and mana-
gers of the said company, shall keep fair and just account of
all monies received by them from the said commissioners and
from the subscribers to the said undertaking, on account of
the several subscriptions, and of all penalties for delay in
payment thereof; and of the amount of the profusion the
shares which may be forfeited as aforesaid; and also all mo-
nies by them expended in the prosecution of their said work;
and shall, once at least in every year, submit such account to
a general meeting of the stockholders, until the said rpad
shall be completed, and until all the costs, charges and expense
of effecting the same shall be fully paid and discharged, and
the aggregate amount of such expenses shall be liquidated
and ascertained; and if upon such liquidation, or when the
capital stock of the said company shall be nearly expended, it
shall be found that the said capital stock will be insufficient
to complete the said road, according to the true intent and
meaning of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the said
president, managers and company, at a stated or special meet-
ing, to be convened according to the provisions of this act,

CHAP, 186

Regular accounts
—annual report

or their own by laws, to increase their number of shares to
such an extent as shall-be deemed sufficient to accomplish the
work, and receive subscriptions on original terms, and de-
mand the money subscribed for such shares in like manner,
and under like penalties, as are herein before provided for the
original subscriptions, or as shall be provided by their by
laws.

Authority to in-
crease capital.

SEC. 19 And be it enacted, That the said company shall
cause posts to be erected in the intersection of every public
road falling into and leading out of the said turnpike road,
with a board and index hand pointing to the direction of such

Finger post.

road, on both sides whereof shall be inscribed, in legible cha-
racters, the name of the town, village or place, to which such
road leads, and the distance thereof in computed miles; and
the said company shall cause mile stones to be placed at the
side of the said road, being at the distance of one mile from
the city of Baltimore, and extending thence to the termina-
tion of the said road whereon shall be marked, in plain legible
characters, the number of mites which each stone is distant
from the city of Baltimore aforesaid, and at every gate or
turnpike by them to be fixed on the said road, shall cause the
distance from the city of Baltimore aforesaid, and the distance
from the nearest gate or turnpike, in each direction,, to be
marked in legible characters, designating the number of miles
and fractions of a mile on the said gates, or some other con-

Mile stones

spicuous place, for the information of travellers and others
using said road; and if any person shall wilfully destroy
the said posts, boards, index hands or mile stones, or deface
the same, or deface the directions made on the said gates,
or other conspicuous places as aforesaid, or shall, without
permission of the acting superintendents of the said road,
throw out upon the road, or without the limits of the same,
and suffer to remain for the space of one day, any mould, dirt,
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Penalty for injury-
ing them