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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

seal, which th'ey may alter, change or amend at
pleasure.

Instalments.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted. That the sums sub-
scribed to the stock of said company shall be paid
five dollars per share to the herebefore named Com-
missioners at the time of subscribing the said stock,
and the residue to the President and Directors of
said company, in such manner, and in such instal-
ments, and at such times, as the President and
Directors may direct and appoint, they giving at
least one month notice in all the newspapers pub-
lished in Baltimore county, of the payment re-
quired.

Authorized
to receive sub-
scriptions.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That after the Presi-
dent and Directors are elected in the manner
hereinbefore mentioned, they shall have full power
and authority to receive subscriptions for all sub-
scribed stock or vacant shares, and after the said
election the power hereinbefore vested in the Com-
missioner for receiving subscription shall cease ;

Provisos.

provided, nevertheless, that when either the capi-
tal stock, or a sum sufficient for the completion of
said road, is subscribed for, no further subscription
shall be received; and provided further, that in
all cases five dollars per share shall be paid by
each subscriber at the time of said subscription.

Rates of toll.

Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That the width of
said road shall be fifty feet; that the said company
shall cause to be made upon the bed of the said
turnpike road, an artificial road of stone, gravel,
wood or some other hard substance, the bed of
which shall be at least "sixteen feet wide, and shall
forever hereafter, during the continuance of said
corporation, maintain and keep the same in good
order and repair, and cause bridges or culverts to
be erected over the waters crossing said road, com-
mencing at either end thereof, and when two miles
of said road shall have been completed in the man-
ner aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for said
company to erect a toll-gate thereon, and charge
for every space of ten miles in length of the said
road, the following sums of money, and so in pro-
portion for any greater or lesser distance, or for
any greater or lesser number of, sheep, hogs or
cattle, viz: For every score of sheep, one-eighth
of a dollar; for every score of hogs, one-eighth of