The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-05-31


sions, shall be ascertaIned immediate ~
after Mill shall be erected and put in
operation upon the aforesaid Mill sea
lots or either of them, and when ascer.
tanned the Gate or Gates may be SO regu'
ated as to admit no greater quantity. ant
by such regulation the result o. acIua
experiment. the parties shall lheE@eloril
be governed; (lhe quantity of Watel
which was found to be required by the
Mill erected on these lots by the Iatt
, James Bosley Esq, which was after wards
destroyed by fire, was about lao inches
deli, cred under a head of feet ! inci}es.
The hea j and fall, from the surface Of the
Canal to 'he termination of the tail rae C
at the River, being about 81 feet;) also,
in case the aforesaid Canal on the banks
and locks thereof should at any time or
tunes be destroyed or broken, or i'll any
manner become impaired, that the Propri-
elors of the Susquehanna Canal aforesaid
shall and will from Time to- time, as often
as need be repair the same with all pos
sble despatch, and until such repairs can
be made and completed, the ProprleiorE
aforesaid shall and will, il required by
the owner or owners OF said lots, cause
supply Of water, if practicable, to ne fur
nlshed by means OF temporary dam or
otherwise, if the same can be effected IN II
shorter term than would be REQUESTS 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 CaLal opposite to the 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 shaI! be made
and kept water tight, and remain OF sui-
ficient breadth, that is to say, net less
than 20 feet wide in the narrowest part,
if that Width should be required by the
aforesaid proprietors, to afford Towing
Path for the said Canal, and for the &C
commodalion of persons otherwise pass.
ing aud repassing along the said western
bank; and that the Towing path of 20 feet
on the west side Of the Canal, and that OF
40 feet on the east thereof, are and shall
at all times be considered public high
ways, and shall not at any time be shut
up or unnecessarily Distracted; 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 a.
loresaid Canal and the said Mill seat lots
over the lorebay or forebays, sluiccs or
conduts through which the water may be
conducte from the aforesaid Canal to the
said Mill seat lots, and that the forebays
SC, to be erected and fixed for the pur-
pose aforesaid shall be done in a substcn-
tia Sc. manner so as to guard as much
as practicable against leakage, whereby
the water from the Canal would be use,
lessly carried off 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 proprielors alore-
said, or their agent, may repair or remedy
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 Ike
use OF the Locks thereof, as the propric>
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 3
Lots above described as being on the east
side OF the Canal.