Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-05-26

! from said road, so rs 10 ln)urc Tie s'nio'
then such person, SO offending, may DC m
dictcd by the Circuit Court for FrcdcrIck
county, and if convicted in said Court,
shall be fined in the discretion OF said
Court for the use of said road; proVlucd,
that this shall not in any manner Interfere
with the right of said President and Dl-
rcctors to maintain civil suit against any
person who may trespass upon said road
and wantonly injurc the same:
SEC. 8. and be 1t cnoctcd, That tfc SAID
President and Directors of said road com
pany are hereby authorized and empower
ed to establish uniform rates Of toll, to be
charged all persons using said road ,whcth-
cr the holders of two hundred dollars Of
the stock of said road ornot; and anything
in said original Act, OF its supplemental in
consistent with this section, is hereby re-
pealcd.
Sec. 0. and be 1t cnocted, That the said
President and Directors of tho Frederick
CITY and Catoctin Mountain Road Com.
pany be, and they are hereby authorized
and empowered to construct u turnpike
road from the terminus of their present
road, authorized to he built by the said
original Act to which this Act is Il supple
mcnt, at the Spout Spring to the summit
of the Catoctin Mountain, near Hamburg,
on and over the bed of the present county
road, as now located or rs may be hcreaf-
ter located by the County Commissioners
of Frederick county, as far as practicable;
and they are hereby vested with all powers
granted by their original charter and its
Supplements, to effect said extension, and
arc charged with the same duties and lin
bic to the same penalties imposed by their
said original charter
SEC. 10. Audbe Ncnactt0, That the said
Company arc hereby authorized to charge
! tor toll per mile for travel over such cXten'
sion, at the same :a.c allowed by the orig
inal charter and its supplements.
SEC. II. And MH tNrttcr e"a"tcd, That
for the purpose of extending their salt.
turnpike road, as hcrcinbciorc authorized,
the said President and Directors are an.
thorizcd to increase their capital stock by
adding thereto ten thousand dollars, and
to that end they are hereby authorized to
open subscription books for such addition
al capital of ten thousand dollars, in shares
of twenty dollars each; and they arc Ecrc-
by vested with all the powers with refer
cncc to taking such subscriptions and en-
forcing the payment of the subscriptions
to the original capital.
SEC. 70 And be it f0rt1'r cnortcd, That
the said President and Directors of the
Frederick City and Catoctin Mountain
Road Company be, and they arc hereby
further authorized to construct u branch
Turnpike Road, in connection with the
road, as at present made and used by them,
beginning at the bed of the present road.
at or near John Dutrows blacksmith shop,
and running on the bed of the present
county r03d as far rs practicable, to inter
sect the Emmitsburg road near 1t. Pros
pcct Church, and which shall be the ter
minus of the branch turnpike road hereby
authorized to be mace; and the sad Prcsl-
dent and Directors are hereby vested with
all the powers granted by their original
charter to effect said object of making said
branch road hereby authorized to be made,
and are chartered with the same duties and
liable to the same penalties imposed by said
original charter
SEC. ID. .IHd J( l. fH1thSr cadctGd, That
the said Company are hereby authorized
To- make said extended and sad branch
road of the same width As far as practca-
bc as the original road, and charge the
same toll per mile.
SEC. II. AMI dc Il fitrthcr eGartcd, That
for ,hc puposc of making said branch road
as hcrcinbrtorc authorized, the said Prcsi
dent and Directors are authorized TO in
crease their capital stock by adding there
to ten thousand dollars, and to that end
they are hereby authorized to open sub
!, scription books for such additional capital
of ten thousand dollars, in shares of TWEEN
ty dollars each, and they are hereby vested
al II, IA tf
ing s,;cl subscription and enforcing the
payment of the same, given in said orIgl'
nal charter.
SEC. j.. -1nd brit further cnnrtTd, That
| the said President and Directors are dIrcc-
= ted and required to keep the subscriptions
, for the additional capital hcrcinbctore all,
tholizcd, for the purpose of extending sad
road separate and distinct from the sub
scriplions for the additional capital herein
before authorized for the purpose OF build
ing the said branch to said road, and the
/, money realized from subscriptions for the
one purpose shall not be applied TO the
other, until the purpose for which any
subscription shall have been taken, Shall
he completed
SEC. fG And be It furtFCr Cnacte1, That
the said President and Directors are here
bv authorized to increase their capital
stock for the purpose Of their said original
, road, and for general purposes, by adding
: thereto the sum of eight thousand dol
:, lars, and to that end they are hereby all-
thorized to open subscription books tol
such additional capital of eight thousand
l dollars, in shares of twenty dollars each
and they are hereby vested with all the
, powers with reference to taking such sub
scriptions and enforcing the payment OF
I the same, given in said original charter for
the payment Of the subscriptions to the
original capital.
SEC. II. And be Hturthcr enacted, That
the said President and Directors shall not
in any one year divide and distribute
amongst the stockholders an amount Of the
money received for tolls, exceeding ten per
> ccntum on the stock held by them respect
, lively, but shall apply the residue of earn
: incs, after maxim" such dividend, to the
further improvement of said road, its
bridges, culverts, ana keeping the same in
as complete repair as possible with the
amount of funds in hand, after dcductng
and paving sum sufficient to pay offers
salaries and incidental expenses and any
, thing in said original act inconsistent
with this section is hereby repealed.
= SEC. 10. And belt .further enacted, That
the said President and Directors are here
> by authorized and empowered to establish
such rules and regulations for the charge
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