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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

pike, and the weight or burthen 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.

Vehicles and
weight allow-
ed.

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 carriage, 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 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, wagon, or car-
riage of burthen, whatsoever, shall be drawn along
the said road, with a greater weight than is hereby
allowed, the owner or owners of such carriage, if
the excess of burthen shall be three hundred
weight or upwards, shall forfeit and pay four

Proviso

times the ordinary tolls for the use of the company ;
provided, always, that it shall and may be lawful
for the said company, by their by-laws, to alter
any or all the regulations herein contained,
respecting the burthens or carriages to be drawn
over the said road, and. to substitute other regula-
tions, if upon experiment such alterations shall
be found conducive to the public good; provided,
nevertheless, that such regulations shall not lessen
the burthens of carriages above described.

Governor to
be notified.

Sec. 13. And be it enacted, That as soon as the
President and. Directors of said company shall
have perfected the said road for a distance of two
miles, and so on from time to time, any other like
distance progressively, they shall give notice