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charge for every space of ten miles in length of the said
road, the following sum of money, and so in proportion
for any greater or lesser distance, or for any greater or
lesser number of sheep, hogs or cattle, viz: For every
score of sheep, one-eighth of a dollar; for every score
of hogs, one-eighth of a dollar; for every score of cat-
tle, one-fourth of a dollar; for every horse and his rider,
or led horse, one-sixteenth of a dollar; for every chair
or chaise with one horse and two wheels, one-eighth of
a dollar; for every chariot, coach, stage, wagon, phaeton,
or chaise, with two horses and four wheels, one quarter
of a dollar; for either of the carriages last mentioned,
with four horses, three-eighths of a dollar; for every
other carriage of pleasure, under whatsoever name it
may go, the like sums according to the number of wheels
and horses drawing the same; for every cart or wagon
whose wheels do not exceed the breadth of four inches,
one-eighth of a dollar for each horse drawing the same ;
for every cart or wagon whose wheels shall exceed in
breadth four inches, and not exceeding seven inches,
one-sixteenth of a dollar for every horse drawing the
same; for every cart or wagon, the breadth of whose
wheels shall be more than seven inches and not more
than ten inches, or being of the breadth of seven inch-
es, shall roll more than ten inches, five cents for every
horse drawing the same; for every cart or wagon the
breadth of whose wheels shall be more than ten inches
and not exceeding twelve inches, or being ten inches
shall roll more than fifteen inches, three cents for every
horse drawing the same; for every cart or wagon the
breadth of whose wheels shall be more than twelve inch-
es, two cents for every dorse drawing the same.
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SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of
ascertaining the weight that may be drawn along the
said road in any cart, wagon or other carriage of bur-
then, it shall and may be lawful for the said President,
managers and company to erect and establish scales and
weights at or near such and so many of the gates erect-
ed, or to be erected in pursuance of this act, as they
may think proper; and when there may seem reasonable
cause to suspect that any cart, wagon, or other carriage
of burthen carries a greater weight than is or shall be
by law allowable, it shall be lawful for the toll gatherers
or other persons in their service or employment, to pre-
vent the same from passing such gate or turnpike until
such cart, wagon or other carriage of burthen shall be
drawn into the fixed or erected scales at or near any such
gate or turnpike and the weight or burthen drawn there-
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Lawful to
establish
scales.
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