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LEVIN WINDER ESQ. GOVERNOR.
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face the directions made on the said gates or other
conspicuous places as aforesaid, or shall, without per-
mission of the acting superintendant of the said road,
throw out upon the road, or within the limits of the same
and suffer to remain for the space of one day, any
mould, dirt, weeds or rubbish of any kind, such per-
son, being convicted thereof by the evidence of one or
more credible and disinterested witnesses, before any
justice of the peace of the county, he or she shall be ad-
judged by the said justice to pay a fine not exceeding
ten dollars, to be recovered with costs, as debts under
ten pounds are by law recoverable; which fine, when
recovered, shall fee paid to the treasurer, of the compa-
ny for the use of the said company.
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DEC. SESS..
1814.
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25. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all wagons*
and drivers of carriages of all kinds, whether of
burthen or pleasure, using of the said road, shall, ex-
cept when passing by a carriage of slower draught, keep
their horses and carriages on the right hand side of the
road in the passing direction, leaving the other side of
the road free and clear for the other carriages to pass
and repass; and if any driver shall offend against this
provision, he shall forfeit and pay not exceeding ten dol-
lars, to any person who shall be obstructed in his pas-
sage, and will warrant for the same, to be recovered
with costs, before any justice in the same, manner as
debts under ten pounds are recoverable.
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Wagons, &c
shall pass to
the right— pe-
nalty.
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26. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it . shall not be
lawful for the said company to ask, demand or receive of
or from any person or persons living on or adjacent to
the said road, within three miles of any of the said gates
or turnpikes, any toll for, passing the said gate more
than once in twenty four hours.
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Persons resid-
ing near the
road.
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27. AND BE IT ENACTED, That no tell gale
shall be erected within the distance of one mile from a-
ny one of the towns or villages through which the said
road may pass.
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Toll gates not
to be erected
within a mile
of any town.
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28. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if by the ter-
mination of the said road it should so happen that a frac-
tional part may remain over and above the even five miles
measuring from Boonsborough aforesaid, that it shall
and may be lawful for the said company on the same be-
ing completed agreeably to this act, to make application
to the governor and council, who shall thereupon have
the same examined and licensed as aforesaid to receive
tolls in the same proportions on the aforesaid fractional
part of the said road, as is herein before allowed to be
received on other parts of the road.
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Fractional
part may be li-
censed when
completed.
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29. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall and
may be lawful for any corporation or body politic in the
United States to become subscribers for stock in said
company, in the same manner as individuals may become
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* This word in the original bill is "wagoners." THE PRINTER.
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Corporations
may become
stockholders.
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