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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

four wheels, twelve cents, for either of the carriages
last mentioned, with four horses, twenty cents, for
every other carriage of pleasure under whatever name
it may go the like sums according to the number of
wheels and horses drawing the same, for every stage
wagon, with two horses, twelve cents, for every such
wagon, with four horses twenty cents, for every sleigh,
three cents for each horse drawing the same, and for
every sled, two cents for each horse drawing the same,
for every cart or wagon whose wheels shall be less than
four inches, four cents for each horse drawing the same,
end for every cart or wagon whose wheels shall be four
inches and not exceeding seven inches, two cents for
every horse drawing the same, for every cart or wagon
the breadth of whose wheels shall be more than seven
inches, one cent, for every horse drawing the same; and.
if any person or persons shall represent to the said
company or any of their officers, he, she or they have
travelled a less distance than he, she or they have actu-
ally travelled along said road, with intent to defraud said

Forfeiture.

company, of its tolls or any part thereof, such person or
persons shall for every such offence forfeit and pay to
the use of said company the sum of five dollars, and if
any toll gatherer shall demand and receive toll for a
greater distance than the person of whom such toll
is demanded shall have travelled along said turnpike
road or plank road, or shall demand and receive
greater toll from any person or persons than such toll
gatherer is authorised to demand and receive, by virtue
of this act, such toll gatherer shall forfeit and pay the
sum of five dollars for every such offence to the com-
missioners of the county, in which the forfeiture is in-
curred, to be expended in repairing public roads and for
the payment of which the said company shall be re-
sponsible, and all such penalties and forfeitures shall be
recoverable with costs of suit, before any justice of the
peace of the county in which the offence is committed;

Proviso.

Provided, that no toll shall be demanded from any
person or persons passing and repassing from one part
of his, her or their farm to any other part of the same,
and all persons with their vehicles or horses going to or
from funerals or places of public worship, or of military
trainings, or elections, shall be exempt from the pay-
ment of toll, when travelling on such turnpike or plank
road.

Director.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That said company shall
appoint in the county of Washington, in this State, a di-
rector or other officer, who shall be a resident of Wash-