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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Dec. Ses. 1817
Dividends.

Penalty for de-
stroying any
part of bridge,
&c.

over the said bridge, than is herein before allowed, or shall neglect
to keep the said bridge in good repair for the space of five days at
any one time, they, so offending, shall, for every such offence, for-
feit and pay the sum of thirty dollars, one half for the use of the
counties aforesaid, and the other half for the person who shall sue
for the same, and may be presented by the grand jury, and fined a
sum not exceeding forty dollars, in the discretion of the court.
12. 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 said bridge, and of
the monies received from the county; and shall make and declare a
dividend of the profits and income thereof among all the stockhold-
ers, first deducting therefrom all contingent costs and charges, and
such proportions of the said income as they may deem necessary
for keeping said bridge in repair; and shall, on every first Monday
in January and June in every year, publish the dividend so made,
and of the time and place where the same shall be paid, and shall
cause the same to be paid accordingly.
13. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons shall wil-
fully pull down, break or destroy, any part of said bridge, or of any
abutment, gate, or other property appertaining thereto, or shall
obliterate, deface or destroy, the letters or figures in any list of the
rates of tolls affixed in any place for the information of passengers,
or who shall wilfully and maliciously obstruct or impede the pas-
sage over the said bridge, every person, so offending, shall forfeit
and pay to the president and directors a sum not exceeding twenty
dollars, to he recovered in the same manner as debts of a similar
amount are recovered, and shall also be liable to an action or ac-
tions for further damages, if the said sum be not sufficient to re-
pair and satisfy the damages done.

Passed Feb 16

Wharf to be
made.

Books to be
opened.

CHAPTER 225.

An act to incorporate a Company to make a Wharf at the
Town of Cambridge, in Dorchester County.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
a company be incorporated to make a wharf, extending from some
point of the town, of Cambridge, in Dorchester county, to the na-
vigable water of Choptank river, the said point to be fixed upon
by the president and managers of said company to be appointed
under the provisions of this act.
2. And be it enacted, That subscription books be opened for a
capital stock of ten thousand dollars, in shares of ten dollars each,
and that subscriptions be taken in the town of Cambridge, under
the direction of Doctor Edward White, James Chaplain, James
Dixon, David Higgins, Josiah Bayly, Thomas Lockerman, John
C. Henry, and Richard Pattison, who are hereby appointed com-
missioners for the purposes aforesaid, who shall, on or before the
first Monday in May next, procure books, and in each enter as
follows, to wit: "We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do
promise to pay to the president and managers of the Cambridge
wharf company, the sum of ten dollars for every share of stock in
said company set opposite to our respective names. Witness our
hands this ——— day of------— eighteen hundred and eighteen;
and shall give notice in the Easton papers for three weeks,