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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Dec. Sess.
1814.

Foot-ways not

to be obstruc-
ed—penalty.

ised and empowered to collect the same, in the same
manner as the county taxes are collected.
5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commis-
sioners, or any one of them, shall, and be or they are
hereby authorised, to keep the foot-ways in the said pre-
sincts clear of all obstructions by horses, waggons, carts,
carriages or other vehicle of pleasure or burthen, and if
the owner or owners, driver or drivers thereof shall neg-
lect or refuse to remove the same, so as not to obstruct
the foot-way or foot-ways, when so ordered by the said
commissioners, or any one of them, he, she or they,
shall forfeit the sum of two dollars for every such offence,
and the further sum of one dollar for every two hours, he,
she or they shall so neglect or refuse.

Fines — reco-
ery.

4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all fines, penal-
ties and forfeitures incurred under the provisions of this
act and the original act to which it is an additional sup-
plement, and the several supplements thereto, shall be
demanded, sued for and recovered in the name of the
commissioners, as debts of a similar amount are recover-
able, and shall be applied as the said commissioners or a
majority of them shall direct;

Chimneys to
be swept.

5. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commis-
sioners are hereby empowered to regulate and order the
sweeping of all the chimnies in the said precincts, as of-

Proviso.

ten as in their judgment may appear necessary, to prevent
them from taking fire; Provided it does not exceed once
in any one month.

Repugnant
acts repealed.

6. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all such parts of
the original act, and the supplements thereto, as are re-
pugnant to, or inconsistent with the provisions of this
act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 66.

Passed Jan. 19,
1815.

A supplement to the act entitled, an act to incorporate a
company for the purpose of building a bridge over the
river Susquehanna, near Rock Run.

Capital shares
&c.

SEC. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the capital stock of said company,
shall be augmented to five hundred thousand dollars, in
shares of fifty dollars each, as specified in the original
act to which this is a supplement, and the commissioners
named in the original act shall and they are hereby au-
thorised to continue their books upon until the whole
of the capital stock shall be subscribed for.

Instalments—
specie— direc-
tors.

2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That every subscriber
shall pay to the commisioners who shall attend for open-
ing the books, at the time of subscribing for the said
stock, the sum of five dollars, one fourth part of which
shall be in specie on each share that shall be by him sub-
scribed, and the like sum of five dollars, one fourth part
of which shall be in specie, shall be paid on each share