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9. AND BE IT ENACTED, That for and in considera-
tion of great risk and expences incurred by the said company,
not only for building the said bridge, but for keeping the same
in continual repair, the said bridge when built and completed
according to the directions of this act, and all its profits shall
be and the same are hereby vested in the said company fore-
ver, to be held as tenants in common, in proportion to their res-
pective shares; and it shall and may be lawful for the said di-
rectors at all times hereafter, to demand and receive the fol-
lowing tolls, to wit: For every loaded wagon and team one
dollar; for every empty wagon and team eighty cents: for eve-
ry horse chair twenty-five cents; for every man and horse
twelve and a half cents; for every single man or horse six
cents and a fourth; for every cart and two horses thirty-three
and a third cents; for every four wheeled pleasure or travel-
ling carriage and two horses eighty cents; horned cattle per
head six and a fourth cents; hogs and sheep per head two cents;
for every sleigh and two horses fifty cents for every sleigh and
one horse twenty-five cents; for every cart and two oxen thir-
ty three and a third cents; which rate of toll, shall at all times
be made public and kept in some convenient place for the in-
spection of travellers.
10. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if the said president
and directors or their successors, or any person by their autho-
rity, shall demand or receive any greater rates or tolls for pas-
sing said bridge than are herein before allowed, or shall neglect
to keep the said bridge in good repair for the space of ten days
at any one time, they so offending shall for every such offence
forfeit and pay the sum of thirty dollars, one half thereof for
the use of Washington and Berkley counties respectively, and
the other halt for the use of the person who may sue for the
same; Provided that no suit or action shall be brought un-
less within sixty days after such offence shall be committed.
11. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said president
and directors shall keep a just and true account of all monies
received by their several and respective collectors of tolls for
crossing the said bridge, and shall make and declare a dividend
of the profits and income thereof among all the stockholders,
first deducting therefrom all contingent costs and charges and
such proportions of the said incomes they may deem necessa-
ry to provide against the decay and for repairing the said bridge,
and shall on every first Monday in June and January in every
year, publish the dividend to be made of the said clear profits
thereof among the stockholders, and of the time and place
where and when the same shall be paid, and shall cause the
same to be paid accordingly.
12. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person or per-
sons shall willfully, or without the orders of the said president
and directors, pull down, break or destroy, with intent to in-
jure any part or parts of the said bridge, or of any abutment,
pier or piers, or of any of the toll houses, grates, bars or other
property of the said corporation, appertenant to or erected or
made for the use and convenience of the said bridge, or the
persons employed in conducting the business thereof, or shall
wilfully without the orders and consent of the said corporation,
or any person or persons authorised by them, obliterate, deface,
or destroy the letters, figures, or other characters in any writ-
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