1838.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 354.

adjudge to be a fair compensation for such land, so
taken by the president and managers.

Stockholders incor-
porated.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That the stockholders in
the said company shall be, and they are hereby incor-
porated and constituted a body politic, by the name of
the Mercersville and Antietam Turnpike Company;
and by the same name, shall have succession, during
the continuance of this corporation, and the said
stockholders and their successors, by the name afore-
said, may sue and he sued, answer and be answered,
in any court of law or equity in this State, and may
do and execute every other matter and thing by the
name aforesaid, that they are authorised to do in vir-
tue of this act.

Vacant shares may

be subscribed for.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That after the president
and managers are elected in the manner hereinbefore
mentioned, they shall have full power and authority to
receive subscriptions for all unsubscribed or vacant
shares, and upon the said election, the powers hereto-
fore vested in the commissioners for receiving sub-
scriptions shall cease; provided nevertheless, that when
either the capital stock or a sum sufficient for the com-
pletion of said road is subscribed for, no further sub-
scriptions shall be received.

Dimension and ele-

vation of said road.

Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That the said company
shall cause the said road to be laid out sixty feet wide,
twenty one feet whereof in breadth, at least shall be made
an artificial road, to be composed of gravel or stone,
and shall in no place rise, or fall, more than will form
an angle of more than three degrees with an horizon-
tal line.

General powers

conferred.

Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That the said company
shall be, and is hereby clothed and invested as respects
the said road, with all and singular, the rights, privi-
leges, immunities and advantages, not inconsistant
with the provisions of this act, that are held, used and
possessed by the several Turnpike Companies in the
State, and shall be governed by the same regulations
and be subject to the same fines, penalties and restric-
tions, as the said companies now are, where the same
are not inconsistent with the provisions of this act.

Toll gate authoris-

ed.

Sec. 12. And be it enacted, That when the said road
has been completed according to the provisions of this
act; it shall and may be lawful for the company to erect