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A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 203
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CHAPTER 137.
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AN ACT to repeal sections two and nine of chap-
ter twenty-four of the laws of eighteen hundred
and thirty-five, entitled, "An act to authorize
William Krebs, Richard Linthicum and Wil-
liam Linthicum, to build a bridge over Gwynn's
Falls, at or near where the present bridge
stands, known by the name of the Long Bridge,"
and to enact substitutes therefor.
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Passed March
24, 1865.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That section two of chapter twenty-
four of the laws of eighteen hundred and thirty-
five, be and the same is hereby repealed, and the
following section enacted in lieu thereof.
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Sections
repealed.
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Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the property of
said bridge shall be vested in J. J. Moran, E. J.
Green and William H. Green, their heirs and as-
signs or other legal representatives, who shall fix
gates and demand and receive tolls for the passage of
said bridge, not exceeding the following rates, viz:
for every foot passenger, two cents, for every horse
and rider, five cents; for every carriage and four
horses, twenty cents; for every carriage and two
horses, fifteen cents; for every carriage and one
horse, ten cents; for every horse in gear, five
cents; for every head of horse, mule or oxen, three
cents; for every head of sheep or swine, et cetera,
two cents; and the said bridge and the landing
thereof, and the said road, it is hereby declared,
shall, subject to the right of taking tolls as afore-
said, be forever public highways.
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Rates of tolls.
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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That section
nine of said act be and the same is hereby re-
pealed, and the following enacted in lieu thereof.
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Repealed.
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Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That all persons are
hereby prohibited from discharging any fire arms
whatever on the said bridge, under a penalty of
five dollars for every such offence, and that all
persons are also prohibted from riding or driving
any horse over the said bridge faster than a walk,
under a penalty of ten dollars for every such of-
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Prohibited.
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