FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

873

bridge shall be commenced in eighteen months and completed
and opened for travel on or before the first day of Feb-
ruary, 1896; the said bridge shall be constructed across said
Curtis Creek, in Anne Arundel county, from a point on the
easterly side of said creek at Walnut point to a point on the
westerly side thereof opposite said Walnut point.

May build
bridge.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said bridge shall be
built in the most secure and substantial manner, and shall be
secured and supported at each end by good and sufficient
abutments, and shall not be less than twenty feet wide, with
railing on each side thereof, not less than four feet high, and
there shall be a draw in said bridge so as to effect a convenient
passage to vessels up and down the said creek, of at least sixty
feet wide, with wings or buoys on each side; and the president
and directors for the time being, shall keep a sufficient number
of hands at all times ready for the purposes of opening said
draw, in order to permit vessels to pass through without delay
or interruption; and no reward shall be demanded or received
for the same; and in case of an extraordinary delay or inter-
ruption to the passage of vessels, on the part of the president,
directors, their officers or servants, the said president and direc-
tors may be indicted and fined as a common nuisance.

How bridge
to be built.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That for and in consideration of
the great risk and expense to be incurred by said company, not
only in building said bridge, but for maintaining and keeping
the said bridge in repair, the said bridge when built and com-
pleted, according to the provisions of this act, and all its
revenues and profits, shall be and the same are hereby vested
in said company forever; and it shall and may be lawful for
the said president and directors, at all times hereafter, to
demand and receive such tolls as they may deem right and
proper, not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 88 and
89 of article 23 of the Code of Public General Laws, but not
at any time to exceed the following rates, viz: for a foot pas-
senger, five cents; for every horse and rider, ten cents; for every
cart or wagon, with one horse, mule or ox, twelve cents; for
every cart or wagon with two horses, mules or oxen, twenty
cents; for every cart or wagon with four horses, mules or oxen,
twenty-five cents; for each pleasure carriage with one horse,
ten cents; with two horses, fifteen cents; with four horses,
thirty-five cents; for each head of horses, mules or cattle, four
cents; sheep or swine, each three cents.

Rate of toll.