Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-07-30
ssf1g Ar THE JANUARY SESSION, 1868.

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aa4r TIE JANUARY SESSION. 1863
&c sesa frunImHED BY AurHoRrrY.1
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beets7sa AN ACT ~.
To repeal Article twenty-six Of the Code of
Public General Laws, and to enact a sub
stitute therefore, and to repeal section
twenty-five, of Article sixteen, sections
ninety-nipe to one-hundred and three of
the same Article, and sections thirty-three
to forty-three, of Article eighty-eight, Of
.the Code Of Public General Laws.
Continued from last sceek 81
Sec. l16. And be it enacted, That if the in
qnisition shall be finally confirmed, and the said
road shall not be put in good order and repair
within thirty days thereafter, the said court
may order that the right of the corporation to
charge tolls on any part of said road within
the limits of said county be forfeited until it
shall be made to appear to said court by said
corporation that the whole of said road within
said county has been put in good order and re-
pair, when said order of forfeiture may be res
cihded by the said court.
Sec. lit. And be it enacted, That, and if
within six months after the date of an order of
tie court forfeiting the right of the corporation
to charge tolls, the said road shall not have
been put in good order and repair within the
limits of the county in which said order may
have been passed, the said road within said
county shall be forfeited by the corporation,
and shall vest in the county commissioners Of
the county who may cause the same to be put
and kept in good order and repair, and collect
tolls sufficient for that purpose, or may transfer
the same to another corporation in their dis
cretion, in which case the new corporation shall
have the same rights and franchises, and be
subject to the same conditions and forfeitures
with the original corporation constructing said
road. ~ m
Sec. 1ls. And be it enacted, That if any
corporation formed under the provisions of this
articles shall desire to erect any bridge over any
river, creek or stream of water in this State or
between this and another State, the said cor
porati0n shall first obtain the consent in writ
ing Of the county commissioners of the county
in which said bridge may be proposed to be
located, or if said bridge may be proposed to be
erected over q stream dividing two counties,
then it shall obtain the consent in writing of
the county commissioners of both said counties,
and the resolution of the said county commits
sioners giving said consent, shall be recorded
amongstthe proceedings of said commissioners,
and also in the journal or book Of proceedings
u sziG c0fp0Tati0K-
xSec. 1lS. And be it enacted, That the cor
poration may agree with the owners for the
lands necessary for the abutments of the bridge,
and for roads or ways thereto, and for earth or
stone required in the construction of said bridge
and Of said ways, and the rights acquired by
knowledged and recorded. In case OF failure
to agree or of disability of the owners to con-
tract, or of their absence from the State the
corporation may obtain the lands, earth and
stone by condemnation.
Sec l20. And be it enacted, That when a
bridge located in one county shall be complet-
ed, the president and directors of the corpora
ton shall report in writing to the county COM
missioners Of said county under the oath or af-
fftnation of the president and a majority of the
directors and of the treasurer of the company,
the actual cost of construction Of said bridge,
and the county commissioners shall appoint
three persons to examine the same and report
whether it has been constructed in such sub
stantial and durable manner as is required to
promote the public convenience, and the report
shall be, reviewed and ratified or rejected by the
county commissioners who may appoint other
persons to report thereon in their discretion,
and if it shall be finally determined by the
county commissioners that the bridge is erect
ed in properzmanner, they may authorize the
corporation td charge such rates of toll as may
be sufficient to yield net dividend of eight pei
centum per annum to the stockholders or men,
bers ofsaid corporation, making due allowance
always foy the cost of necessary repairs and re-
construction from accident or otherwise. .
Sec. l21. And be it enacted, That the corpo-
fation shall revise the rates of toll every six
months for three years from the completion OF
the bridge, and shall report at each period to
the county commissioners the gross amounts Of
receipt and expenditure, and the rates of toll
shall be SO re-adjusted if need be, as to yield
not more than eight per centum net dividend,
and at any time thereafter the corporation shall
on demand of the county commissioners report
the amounts of receipt and expenditure for any
period demanded, and the tolls shall be read
justed so as to yield not more than said divid-
end. The rates of toll to be charged shall be
specified in writing by the county commission
-Sec.s rl22.sfAnd be it enacted, That if the
bridge be erected over stream dividing two
counties, ,eor between this State and another
State, the corporation shall make the like re-
port, hereinbefore provided to be made to the
county commissioners, to the Comptroller of
the Treasury, who shall lay the same before the
Governor, who shall issue his warrant specify
ing the rates Of toll to be charged so as to yield
eight per centum per annum net dividend, and
like reports shall be made to the COMPTROLLER
evefy'six months, and at any subsequent times
as are provided to be made hereinbefore to the
county commissioners, and revisions and re-
adjustments of toll shall be made by the Gov
ernor, as are directed to be made by the county
commissioners in cases of bridges located in any
one county.
Sec. 123.. And be it enacted, That. the writ
ten authority or warrant of the county COM
missioners, and of the Governor, in the respec-
tive cases, shall be evidence of the right of the
corporation to charge the tolls demanded, and
said authority or warrant shall be printed and
exposed to. public inspection at every place
where the payment of tolls may be demanded.
Sec..l24 And be it enacted, That no bridge
shall be erected on navigable river unless arl-
thorized by an act of the General Assembly
Sec; 125. And be it enacted, That before the
Governor shall issue his warrant authorizing
the collection of tolls, he shall be satisfied from
the Hport: :of Eve commissioners, to be appoint
ed by him, that the bridge has been erected and
completed ina substantial and proper manner
Sec.s126. And be itlenacted, That when any
citizen shall alege in writing to the circuit
court Of any county, that any bridge situate
within or partly within said county or city is
not kept in proper order and repair, the same
proceedings may be had in said court as are
hercinbefore provided in cases Of turnpike OF