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CHAP. 100.
Tolls and rates
Dividends
Transfer of shares
By-laws, rules and
regulations
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men and labourers about the same, and in case the site of said
bridge should not be fixed upon land already condemned as a public
road, to contract with the proprietor or proprietors of the land on
each side of said river, against which the said bridge shall be pro-
posed to be abutted, for the privilege of said abutment; and if the
said president and directors should not be able to agree with said
proprietor or proprietors upon the price for said privilege of an
abutment; then the said president and directors shall apply to the
county court of Anne-Arundel county, whose duly it shall be to
appoint nine disinterested and respectable citizens of Anne-Arundel
county aforesaid, who being first sworn, shall view the lands so
proposed for said abutment, and fairly and impartially, to the best
of their judgment, fix and ascertain the sum which the said pro-
prietor or proprietors ought to have and receive for the privileges
of said abutment, taking all circumstances into consideration; and
provided the proprietor or proprietors of the property aforesaid, or
the president and directors of the bridge company aforesaid, should
not be satisfied with the decision of the commissioners aforesaid,
either party may appeal to the judges of the county court of Anne-
Arundel county, whose decision shall be final; and upon the said
president and directors paying to said proprietor or proprietors the
sum so assessed, the laud on which said bridge may be abutted, and
the privilege aforesaid, shall be for ever vested in said company.
8. And be it enacted, That as soon as said bridge shall be complet-
ed, it shall be lawful for the corporation aforesaid to demand and
receive the following tolls and rates for passing the same; that is to
say, for a single person six and a quarter cents; for a horse six and
a quarter cents; for a single carriage thirty-seven and a half cents;
for a phaeton, chariot or coach, seventy-five cents; for a four horse
wagon, seventy-five cents; for a two horse wagon, thirty-seven and
a half cents; for a cart thirty seven and a half cents; for horned
cattle, each twelve and a half cents; for sheep and hogs, each three
cents; for oxen in gear, each six and a quarter rents, and no more;
and if the collector of the tolls shall demand and receive from any
person or persons for passing said bridge, more titan is hereby al-
lowed, he shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay to the par-
ty aggrieved five dollars, to be recovered before any justice of the.
peace; and any person or persons attempting forcibly to pass said
bridge, without paying toll, or refusing to pay the same after hav-
ing passed, shall be liable to a like penalty, to be recovered in
manner aforesaid, for the use of said corporation.
9. And be it enacted, That the president and directors aforesaid
shall, at the end of every six months from the time said bridge shall
be completed, after defraying all necessary and proper expenses
and charges, declare the dividends due to each stockholder, which
shall be paid by the treasurer upon the order of the board of direc-
tors.
10. And be it enacted, That the shares of stock shall be transfer-
rable only on the books of the corporation, in such manner as the
board of directors may direct.
11. And be it enacted, That the stockholders at every general
meeting shall have power to make and ordain all such by-laws,
rules and regulations, as they may think necessary, for the well
ordering the business of said corporation, not contrary to the con-
stitution or laws of the United States, or of the state of Maryland.
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