ROBERT BOWIE, ESQ. GOVERNOR

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16. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the commis-
sioners shall be allowed two dollars per day, and their
clerk two dollars per day for every day they may at-
tend to the discharge of the duties vested in them by
this act, and that the. clerk shall be allowed six per
centum out of all monies collected by him under this
act, and shall pay over the balance to the person or
persons entitled to receive the same, to be collected
in the manner prescribed by the eighth section of this
act.

1812.

Commissioners'
and clerk's com-
pensation.

17. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all fines and
penalties imposed by this act, not exceeding the sum of
fifty dollars, shall be recovered by the commissioners,
with costs, before a justice of the peace, and if exceed-
ing that sum, then by action of debt in Baltimore
county court, and shall be applied to defraying the ex-
penses of election of commissioners, and to the pur-
chase of record books and stationary for their use.

Relative to the
recovery of fines
and penalties-
how to be ap-
plied.

CHAPTER 139.

An act to incorporate a company fur building a
Bridge over Choptank river, at or near Denton
ferry.

Passed Jan. 4,
1812.

WHEREAS, It is. represented to this General
Assembly by the petition of sundry inhabitants of
Caroline county, that the convenience of the public
would be greatly promoted by erecting a bridge over
Choptank river, at or near Denton ferry, and that
sundry persons, by articles of voluntary association,
have contracted and agreed, each with the other, to
erect a bridge at the place aforesaid, and have sub-
scribed and paid considerable sums of money towards
the same, and pray that a law may pass to incorporate
the said association, and it appearing reasonable: —
Therefore,

Preamble

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of
Maryland That the subscribers or proprietors of
shares for building said bridge, as well as those who
may hereafter become stock-holders, their successors
and assigns shall be, and are hereby created and made
a corporation and body politic, by the name and
style of the President and Directors of the Denton.
Bridge Company, and by that name shall be, and are
hereby enabled and made capable either in law or
equity to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded,

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Proprietors of
shares incorpora-
ted.