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15. And be it enacted, That the said president and directors shall
keep a just and true account of all monies received by their seve-
ral and respective collectors of tolls for crossing said bridge; and
shall make and declare a dividend of the profits and income there-
of, among all the stockholders, first deducting therefrom all con-
tingent costs and charges, and such proportions of the said income
as they shall deem necessary to provide against the decay, and for
repairing the said bridge, and shall on the first Monday of April and
October 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.
14. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons shall wil-
fully, or without the orders of the said president and directors, pull
down, break or destroy, with intent to injure any part or parts of
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 busi-
ness thereof, or shall wilfully, without the orders and consent of
the said corporation, obliterate, deface or destroy the letters, figures,
or other characters, in any written or printed list of the rates or
tolls affixed or to be affixed in any place or places for the informa-
tion of passengers or others, or who shall wilfully or maliciously
obstruct or impede the passage on or over the said bridge, or any
part or parts thereof, he, she or they, so offending, shall, and each
of them shall forfeit and pay to the said president and directors and
company the sum of twenty dollars, to be recovered before a justice
of the peace, in like manner and subject to the same rules and re-
gulations, as debts under fifty dollars may be recovered; and he, she
or they, so offending, may and shall remain liable to action at the suit
of the said president and directors for further damages for such of-
fences, if the said sums herein mentioned be not sufficient to repair
and satisfy such damages.
15. And be it enacted, That nothing contained in this act shall
authorise the receiving or taking of any toll on the day of any
election from any voter going to or returning from the election.
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CHAP 154.
Account of mo-
nies received for
tolls to be kept,
and dividends
declare, &c
Penalty for injur-
ing or destroying
any part of bridge
&c.
No toll to be re-
ceived on day of
any election, &c.
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CHAPTER 155.
An act supplementary to the act. entitled, An act to provide
for the appointment of Commissioners for the regulation
and improvement of Easton, in Talbot county, and to es-
tablish and regulate a Market at the said Town.
Whereas it appears from the representations of sundry inhabi-
tants of the town of Easton, to be expedient to enlarge the powers
of the commissioners; therefore.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the commissioners of the town of Easton shall be, and they are
hereby authorised and empowered, whenever they may deem it ne-
cessary for any purpose connected with the regulation and im-
provement of the town, or the preservation of good order therein,
to levy and impose, upon the assessable property of the town, such
a tax as they in their judgment and discretion shall deem reasona-
ble, necessary and proper, without convening the voters, of the
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Passed Feb 10 1819
Preamble.
Commissioners
authorised to im-
pose a tax without
convening voters
of town.
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