The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-10-09

Their in his place and when in the opini
On Of the said president and directors eli
Their of the said roads shall be completed
to the extent oftwenty- four feet in breadth
the same shall be examined by the sait
commissioners, or any two of them, and
in the opinion Of them, or any two of them
the said roads should have been completed
to the extent Of at least twenty flour feet il
breadth, accordine. to the meaning of Thu
act, they shall certify the same to the saie
circuit court, or The Judges thereof out Q
court, and theiricertifcate being accepted
by the said court, or any two Judges there
OF, anu recorded, the said president and di
rectors shall and may thereafter erect ane
tlX such and So many gates and turnpikes
not exceeding two upon and across each o
the said roads'as shall be necessary and sui
hcienr to collect the tolls hereinafter grant
ed to the said company and it shall bt
lawful for them to appoint such and SO ma
ny tolgathertrs as they shall deem necessa.
ry to collect. and receive. of and from all ant
every person and persons using the sale
road or roads The tolls and rates hereinaf
ter MENTIONED, and to stop any person Oh
persons, ridma, leading or driving any hor
ses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep, su!ky, chair
chalse, plIpeton, chariot, coach, car, wag.
gon, slels;lA sled, or any carriage of bur
deu or pleasure, from passing through the
said gates until the!said tolls shall be paid
that is to say, for the whole distance in
length of the whole of the said roads, and
SO in proportion as near as may be, for any
less distance within the district Of Column
bia, viz For every score of sheep twenty
cents; Tor, every score of hogs twenty cts.
Tor every score of cattle forty cents, and SO
IN proportion for any greater or less num-
Der for every horse or mule with rider
twelve and half cents for every stage
and Wagon and two horses thirty cents :
for either carriage, last mentioned, with
four horses, forty cents; for every led or
driven horse or mule six cents; for every
suky, chair, chaise or carriage for pleasure
with two wheels and one horse twenty cts;
for every coach chariot, coachce. phaeton or
chalse with four wheels and two horses,
thirty seven and a half cents; for any Of
the said carriages last mentioned with four
horses fifty cents for every other CARR
age of pleasure, under whatever name i,
Z may GO, the like. sums, according TO the
number OF wheels and horses in proportion
aforesaid ;--for every sled or sleigh
used DIS carriage Of pleasure, twelve and
a half cents for each horse drawing the
same for every sled or sleigh used as
a carriage of burden, eight cents for each
horse drawing the same; for every cart OF
Wagon whose wheels do not exceed four
inches in breadth, twelve and half cents
for each horse drawing the same for eve
ry cart or waggonwhose wheels shall ex-
coed in breadth four inches and not exceed
Sven inches, six cents for every horse
drawing the same for every cart or wag-
gon, the breadth of whose wheels shall be
more than seven inches and not more than
ten inches, live cents for every horse draw,
ing the same: for every. cart or Wagon
the breadth of whose wheels shall be more
than ten inches, and not exceed twelve IN.
ches, four cents for every horse drawine
the same. And that all such carriages az
aforesaid, TO be drawn by oxen in the whole
or partly by oxen, or to be drawn by mules
In wholel or part, two oxen shall be estima
ted as equal to one horse in charging all the
aforesaid tolls, and every mule as equal tc
one horse. And it, shall be also the dut,
ofthe SAID commissioners, after hearing al
parties, to decide and award what proper
ton of the cost already incurred of max
lrg the cadseway from A!exander's islanc
tq the main land, and Of the road from
SAID causeway to the :, west, end of the
Washington bridge, shall be paid by tn,
president, directors and company of the
columbia Turnpike Roads, to the prcsi
dent and directors of Washington and A
( lexandria Turnpike Company; and also il
what proportion the former company shall
contribute and pay towards the future re-
pairs and improvements of the said cause
way and roads and the award of the sale