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CHAP.
LXXIX.
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on 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 other 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 burthen or weight
aforesaid, and if any cart, wagon, or carriage 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, and
the excess of burthen shall be three hundred weight or upwards, shall forfeit and pay four times the
customary 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 regulations, if up-
on 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.
XVII. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the treasurer of the western shore be and he is hereby con-
stituted a court of inspection; and it shall and may be the duty of the said company, once every
year, (and oftener if required by the court, ) to lay before the same a correct and methodical account
of their disbursements and expenditures, and of the amount of the tolls collected and received on
the said road for and during the twelve months preceding, and whenever the tolls shall, during two
following years, exceed ten per centum, free of all charges on the institution, the said court shall, at
their discretion, hold the excess thus arising above the said ten per centum in reserve, to meet any
future deficiency, or if, in their judgment, a continuance of the then tolls would produce a like an-
nual excess, to lower the toils, or any of them, so as to bring the aggregate on the said road to ten
per centum per annum, and the said court may, in their discretion, on the representation of the afore-
said company, revise the tolls herein established, so as to render them in their operation more fa-
vourable to commerce and the industry of the citizens.
XVIII. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the stockholders of the present company shall be entitled to
receive ten per centum per annum, and no more, over and above all charges and deductions whatsoever,
and the president and managers of the said company shall keep a just and true account of all and
every the monies received by their several and respective collectors of tolls at the several and re-
spective gates and turnpikes on the said road, from the beginnings to the ends thereof, which account
shall be upon oath, or affirmation, as the case may be, and shall make a dividend of the clear profit
and income thereof, not exceeding ten per centum in any year, among all the stockholders of every
description, and shall, on the first Monday in November and May in every year, publish the half
yearly dividend made of the said clear profits as aforesaid, and of the time and place when and where
the same will be paid, and shall cause the same to be paid accordingly.
XIX. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all such carriages as aforesaid to be drawn by oxen in the
whole, or partly by horses and partly by oxen, two oxen shall be estimated as equal to one horse in
charging all the aforesaid tolls, and every mule as equal to one horse.
XX. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if the said company, after the said road is completed as afore-
said, shall neglect to keep the said road in good and perfect order for the space of fifteen days, and
information shall be given to any justice of the peace of the neighbourhood, within the county where
the repair ought to be made, such justice shall issue a precept, to be directed to any constable, com-
manding him to summon three disinterested persons, to be named by the said justice in the said pre-
cept, to meet at a certain time in the said precept to be mentioned, at the place in the said road
which shall be complained of, of which meeting notice shall be given to the keeper of the gate or
turnpike nearest thereto, and the said justice-shall, at such time and place, on the oaths or affirma-
tions of the said persons, inquire whether the said road, or any part thereof, is in such good and
perfect order and repair as aforesaid, and shall cause an inquisition to be made, and certified under
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