The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-06-14


slons, shall be ascettained immediate iy
after Mill shall be erected and put il
operation upon the aforesaid Mi sea
lots or either Of them, and when ascer
tanned the Gate or Gates may be so regu
atod as 10 admit no greater quantity, art
ny such regulation the result of aclua
experiment. the parties shall ihencefnrtI
be governed; Ithe quantity of water
whici! was found to be required by the
Mill erected on these lots by the late
James Bostv Esq, which was afterwards
destroyed by Ere, was about ! l40 inches
delivered under head of 3 feet J inches,
The head and fail, from the surface al the
Canal to the termination of the tail race
at the River, being about "a feel;) also,
! in case the aforesaid Canal on the banks
and locks thereof should at any time or
tunes be destroyed or broken, or in any
manner become impaired, that The Propri-
elnrs of the Susquehanna Canal aforesaid
shall and will from time to time, as often
as need be repair the same with all pos.
siJIe despatch, and until such repairs can
be made and completed, the Proprietors
aforesaid shall and will, if required by
the owner or owners Of said lots, cause a
supply of water, if practicable, TO be fur
nIshed by means OF a temporary dam or
otherwise, if the same can be effected in Il
shorter term than would be requisite for
making the permanent repairs; and also
that the owner Of said lots may at his
own expense remove the western bank Of
the aforesaid Catal opposite to the 3 a
bove described Mill seat lots, for the pur-
pose of making Docks or proper births
for scows, boats, or for other uses, so
that such banks so removed sha! be made
and kept water tight, and remain of suf-
tclent breadth, that is to say, net less
than 20 feet wide in the narrowest part,
ii that Width should be required by the
Aforesaid Proprletors, to afford Il Towing
Path for the said Canal, and for the ac-
commodation Of persons otherwise pass.
ing and repassing along the said western
| bank; and that the Towing path of 90 feet
on the west side Of the Canal, and tha. Of
40 feet on the east thereof, are and shall
| at all times be considered public high
ways, and shall not a. any time be shut
up or unnecessarily obstrucled; and the
owner Of said lots shall keep up and sup
port one or more good and substantial
bridge or bridges, as the case may require
the whole width from North east 10
South west, of the space between the u
toresaid Canal and the said Mill scat lots
over the lorebay or fore5ays, sIuces or
condul.s through which the water may be
conducted from the aforesaid Canal to the
said Mil seat lots, and that the forcbays
SC, to be erected and fixed for the pur-
pose aforesaid shall be done in substan-
tlal Sc, manner so as to guard as much
as practicable against leakage, whereby
the water from the Canal would be use.
lCssly carried of or wasted, and that
wherever any leakage or waste of water
may take place in consequence of any
act or emission to do or to perform any
act or matter stipulated hereby TO be done
and performed by the owner Of said Lots,
he shall forthwith remedy or repair the
same, and if he shall omit to do so with
in reasonable time after notice given to
him, or his agent, the proprictors a(ore-
sun, VI 'iSl' oSChS may iVFuli VI IC'iitut
such leakage or waste, and the reasonable
expenses thereof shall be borne and paid
by the said owner Of said Lots, and the
owner Of said Lots must at all times be
subject to such regulations relative to the
navigation Of the aforesaid Canal, and rEeI
use of the Locks thereof, as the proprie>
tors Of the Susquehanna Canal are by
law authorized to adopt, so that no such
regulation shall so operate as to impair
or in any manner lessen any right or
privilege herein before mentioned to be
granted by the proprietors aforesaid
Valuable Quarries of the Susquehanna
Granite, it is believed, are upon the 8
Lots above described as being on the east
side Of the Canal.