A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

cart or wagon, the, breadth of whose wheels shall
be more than twelve inches, two cents for every
horse drawing the same.

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Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the weight that may be drawn
along the said road in, any cart, wagon, or other
carriage of burthen, it shall and may be lawful
for the said President, managers and company to
erect and establish scales and weights at or near
such and so many of the gates erected, or to be
erected, in pursuance of this act, as they may
think proper; and when there may seem reason-
able cause to suspect that any cart, wagon, or
other carriage of burthen, carries a greater weight
than is or shall be by law allowable, it shall be
lawful for the toll gatherers, or other persons in
their service or employment, to prevent the same
from, passing such gate or turnpike until such
cart, wagon, or other carriage of burthen, shall be
drawn into the fixed or erected scales at or near
any such gate or turnpike, and the weight or bur-
then drawn therein ascertained by weighing; and
if the person or persons driving, or having care or
charge of any such cart, wagon, or other carriage
of burthen, shall refuse to drive the same into any
such scales for the purpose aforesaid, the person
or persons so refusing shall forfeit and pay to the
said President, managers and company any sum
not less than five dollars, nor more than eight
dollars, to be recovered in the manner hereinafter
mentioned.

Lawful to es-
tablish scales
and weights.

Sec. 12. And be it enacted That no wagon, or
other carriage with four wheels, the breadth of
whose wheels shall not be four inches, shall be
drawn along the said road with a greater weight
thereon than three tons; that no such carriage,
the breadth of whose wheels shall not be seven
inches, or, being six inches or more, shall roll at
least ten inches, shall be drawn along the said
road with more than five tons; that no such car-
riage, the breadth of whose wheels shall not be
ten inches or more, or, being less, shall not roll
at Least twelve inches, shall be drawn along the
said road with more than eight tons; that no cart,
or other carriage with two wheels, the same
breadth of wheels as the wagons aforesaid, shall
be drawn along the said road with more than half
the weight or burthen aforesaid; and if any cart,

Vehicles and
weight allowed
to be carried.