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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

pleasure carriage, with one or two horses^ six
cents ; for every cart, wagon, or pleasure carriage
with more than two horses, three cents per horse
additional ; for every led horse, three cents ; for
each horse, mule, or cattle, two cents; sheep and
swine, one cent.

Capital stock,
&c.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said Com-
pany are authorized to have a capital stock of not
more than eight thousand dollars, to be disposed
of in such shares as they may determine upon,
and make such rules for the government and

Provisos.

management thereof, as a majority of said Com-
pany make think proper , provided, the same be
not contrary to the provisions of this act, or to the
laws of this State, or of the United States; and
provided also, that if upon application of any one,
the Circuit court of Howard or Baltimore county
shall decide that the said Bridge-is out of repair, or
likely to become unsafe, or unfit for transportation
across the same, that the said toll shall cease
and not be demanded till the said Bridge be re-
paired ; and the said Company shall cause to be set
up and kept in some conspicuous place at each end
of said Bridge, in legible characters, lists of rates
of toll provided for by this act.

Vested rights.

Sec. 4. Be it enacted, That said Company shall
be known as the Elkridge Landing Bridge Com-
pany, and by that name they shall have perpetual
succession and be able to sue and be sued, im-
pleaded, answer and defend in any court of law
or in equity, and to establish such rules and laws
for their regulation and government, as are not
repugnant to law, and are consistent with the ob-
jects of this act.

Company em-
powered to
hold land, and
to connect the
Bridge with
the Wash, and
Balt. turnpike.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the Company
shall also hereby have full power and authority to
enter upon and hold in fee, any land necessary or
proper for the abutments and piers of said Bridge,
and to build a toll house upon, and to connect
said Bridge by proper road with the Washington
and Baltimore turnpike on both sides of said river,

Land— how
obtained.

and for the other purposes contemplated by this
act; and for this, purpose may agree with the
owner or owners of said land for the same, or
when they cannot agree with such owner or
owners, or should he, she, or they be feme covert,
under age, non compos mentis, or absent, then