Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1832-07-04

or other vessel, or water craft, wharfage accord
ling to such rates as they, by any bylaws Of
regulations may from time to time ordain anc
and establish: Provided, That the said rate.
shall, at no time hereafter, and in no particular
exceed those charged on the same articles by the
owners of private wharves in the said city. AnG
! it shall and may be lawful for the said Mayor
Aldermen, and Common Council, to demand and
receive, at the rrost convenient place or places
for all articles carried along the said capal tolls
not exceeding the following rates; that Is to say
for each unloaded boat, slow or other vessel or
water craft, twenty five cents; for eaen barrel of
flour, beef, OF pork, two CENTS for each barrel of
whiskey, brandy, or spirituous liquors, of any
description, three cents; for each hogshead or
ppe, six cents; and upon all other articles, pack
ages or commodities, not exceeding six cents for
each ton, and after that rate for any ~-ss9l~ =
fguantIty wersHrug less than one ton. And said
Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council. shall
also have the exclusive right to establish pack
ct boat or boats on the said canal for the convex
ance of passengers: and no othey boat or boats
Tor that purpose, except such as are established
Tor permitted by them, shall be allowed 10 convey
passengers on the said canal for hire The tolls
hereby granted she'll be demandabIe on any boat.
Iscow, vessl, or other water craft on any of the
PARTICLES aforesaid for passage throug either of
The locks, or along any parto the said canal but
the public property of the United States shall be
landed and pass free of Wharfage and tolls
Sec. 5. And be 1t further enacted, That the
said Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council.
shall, from time to time, erect and keep in repair.
all such bridge or bridges over the said canal. in
each and every street crossing the same, as the
convenience Of the inhabitants of the city NAV
require; which bridges shall be erected at least
eight fee. above high water, and of not less width
than twentyfour feet, and be safe for the passage
ot tootmen, horses, cattle, carriages, and loaded
wagons.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the
said Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council
shalt, annually, in the month Of January. Law
before Congress true statement of The capital
invested by them in the purchase, completion. and
improvement of the said canal and works. with
the amount OF their annual expenditures and re-.
celps, so as to show the clear nett profit bv them
so received on such investment; and if at any
time the nett profit shall happen to fall short Of
SIX per centum on the said capital so invested il
shall be lawful for them to increase the said rates
OF toll and wharfage in such manner as thew NAV
Judge sufficient to produce six per centum ner
annum on the said investment; and s,ould Il SO
happen at any time the nett proceeds aforesaid
shall exceed rate of ten per centum per annum.
they shall 50 reduce the said rates as not to pro-
of ten per centum. Ia ESTIMATING the an,onnt If
capital invested, the proceeds of sale of the real
estate hereby granted to the said Mayor, Alder
men, and Common Council, to aid them in the
execution of the works hereby required, shall not
be included, but the amount of sales of the said
property, showing what part thereof shall have
been sold. and at what price each part of the said
property shall have been sold, shall form part of
the said annual report.
SEC, z. And be it further enacted, That the
said Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council
shall not begin to collect Wharfage or tolls. until
the said canal and works shall have been wholly
completed according to the provisions of this act.
IN the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury
of the United States, for the time being, who is
hereby authorized and required to give his certi-
hcate thereof, whenever, in his opinion, the same
shall have been SO completed; and upon obtaining
such certificate, and depositing the same with the
clerk OF the circuit court for the District of Co.
lumbia, In the county of Washington, to be bv
him recorded, it shall and may be lawful. to and
tor the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Common
Council, to commence the collection of the said
wharfage and tolls. And such right to collect
the said rates of toll and wharfage shall cease,
whenever the said canal shall be so out of repair
as to impede the free and convenient use thereof
by vessels or craft drawing four feet water, SO
long as the same shall so remain out of repair or
|obstructed.
Sec. 8. And in order to aid the said Mayor,
Aldermen, and Common Council, in fulfilling the
Iobjects and requirements of this act, Be it far
aher enacted, That all the right, title, property,
interest, and estate, in law or equity, of the Uni.
ted States, of, in, and to- that part of the public
reservation in the city of Washington, known