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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

such instalments and at such times as they may
appoint and require.

Management
vested in the
President and
Directors.

SBC. 7. And be it enacted, That the president
and directors of said company shall manage and
direct all its concerns and affairs, and three of the
directors and the president, shall constitute a quo-
rum for the transaction of any business, and
if a vacancy occurs in the presidency, a president
shall be elected by the directors to serve until the
next election by the stockholders.

Commissioners
to be appointed.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the president
and directors are hereby authorised to appoint five
commissioners who, (or a majority of them,) shall
lay out said road from Bel Air to Frogtown, and
shall make a plat of said road, and file the same
in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Harford county, to be recorded; and said commis-
sioners before they act as such, shall take an oath
to locate said road according to the best of their
skill and judgment, and that they are not inter-
ested in any land through which said road shall
pass.

Road to be
opened.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the said road
shall be opened according to the location made by
the said commissioners, if approved by the direc-
tors of said company, and the said road shall be
laid out thirty-three feet wide, seventeen of which
shall be an artificial road, made of stone broken
the usual size.

President and
Directors vest-
ed with power
to make con-
tracts.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the said presi-
dent and directors shall have full power to make
all the contracts and acquire all the property ne-
cessary for making said road, erecting toll gates
and toll houses, and may appoint a treasurer and
any other agents which may be necessary for the
purposes of said company.

Authorised to
erect gates.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the president
and directors are hereby authorised to erect as
many gates on said road as may be necessary, and
charge tolls for travelling on said road, and fix

Provisos.

the rate of tolls; Provided, that the rate of tolls
for travelling on said roads, shall not be greater
per mile than those authorised to be charged by
a company incorporated by the act of eighteen
hundred and forty-nine, chapter four hundred and
ninety-two, called the Bel Air Turnpike Compa-
ny; And provided further, that no toll shall be