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CHAP. 159.
Company to
cause posts to
be erected.
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Sec. 19. And be it enacted, That the said company shall
cause posts to be erected in the intersection of every pub-
lic road falling into and leading out of the said turnpike road
with a board and index hand pointing to the direction of
such road, on both sides whereof shall be inscribed, in
legible characters, the name of the town, village or place,
to which such road leads, and the distance thereof in com-
puted miles; and the said company shall cause mile stones
to be placed at the side of the said road, being at the dis-
tance of one mile from the city of Baltimore, and extend-
ing thence to the termination of the said road whereon shall
be marked, in plain legible characters, the number of miles
which each stone is distant from the city of Baltimore
aforesaid, and at every gate or turnpike by them to be fixed
on the said road, shall cause the distance from the city of
Baltimore aforesaid, and the distance from the nearest gate
or turnpike, in each direction, to be marked in legible charac-
ters, designating the number of miles and ft actions of a
mile on the said gates, or some other conspicuous place,
for the information of travellers and others using said road;
and if any person shall wilfully destroy the said posts,
boards, index, hands or mile stones, or deface the same,
or deface the directions made on the said gates, or
other conspicuous places as aforesaid, or shall without per-
mission, of the acting superintendents of the said road,
throw out upon the road, or without the limits of the same,
and suffer to remain for the space of one day, any mould,
dirt, weeds or rubbish of any kind, such person being con-
victed thereof by the evidence of one or more credible
and disinterested witnesses, before any justice of the peace
of the county, he or she should be judged by the said jus-
tice to pay a fine not exceeding ten dollars, to be recover-
ed with costs, as debts under ten pounds are by law recov-
erable, which fine, when recovered, shall be paid to the
treasurer of the company for the use of the said company.
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Waggon and
carriage dri-
vers to keep
to the right.
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Sec. 20. And be it enacted, That all wagoners and
drivers of carriages of all kinds, whether of burthen or
pleasure, using the said road, shall except when passing by
a carriage of slower draught, keep their horses and car-
riages on the right hand of the said road, in the passing
direction, leaving the other side of the road free and clear
for other carriages, to pass and repass; and if any driver
shall offend against this provision, he shall forfeit and pay
not exceeding ten dollars, to any person who shall be ob-
structed in his passage, and will warrant for the same, to be
recovered with cost, before any justice, in the same man-
ner as debts under ten pounds are recoverable.
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