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Dec. Ses. 1816
To be consi-
dered part of
the Falls turn-
pike.
In case of com-
pany's failure,
to become the
property of
the State.
Acts repealed.
Levy court au-
thorised to lay
out certain
roads.
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road of stone or gravel, that then they shall have power and an
thority to cause such parts of said road as they may think pro-
per, to be cleared and opened of the width aforesaid, and levelled
to the width of eighteen feet, and ditched on the sides, so as to
carry off the water, and made rounding in the middle with gravel
or earth; and when the said road is so completed, or any five
miles thereof from either end progressively, it shall and may be
lawful for the said president, managers and company, to erect
toll-gates, and demand and receive one half of the tolls thereon
that are granted in the act to which this is a supplement, being first
licensed by the governor in the manner prescribed in the original
act aforesaid; and in case said road should become out of repair,
the gates shall be liable to be opened, and the travellers to pass
free and without paying toll, till such part or parts of the said
road be repaired.
7. And be it enacted, That all and every the sections and pro-
visions of the act to which this is a further supplement, relative
to the road from the cross roads, near to Richard Caton's lime-
kiln, to the city of Baltimore, shall extend and be applied to the
road authorised by this act, which shall be considered, to all
intents and purposes, as an extension, and part of, the Falls turn-
pike road, and when made, shall be vested in the president, ma-
nagers and company, of the Falls turnpike road.
8. And be it enacted, That if the said president, managers and
company, of the Falls turnpike road, shall not, within ten years
from the passing of this act, open, grade and shape, the road
herein contemplated, the same, so far as shall be completed, shall
become the property of the state.
9. And be it enacted, That an act passed on the twenty-fourth
day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and
eight, entitled, An act for opening a certain road in Baltimore
county therein mentioned, and the several supplements thereto,
shall be and hereby are repealed.
10. And be it enacted, That the levy court of Baltimore county
shall be, and hereby are authorised and required forthwith, to
appoint three suitable persons in the said county, to be commis-
sioners, whose, duty it shall be to lay out, locate and mark, a
road from Davis's tavern, in the said county, into the extension
of the Falls turnpike road authorised by this act to be made,
and also a road from the old county road, at or near where it is
intersected by the road leading from Scott's mill to Baltimore
city, into the said extension, or cither of them, each or either of
which to be laid out of the width of thirty feet, in the best and
most convenient direction, to be opened and made at the expense
of the said county as other county roads are usually made, and
to be kept up as county roads for ever.
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