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Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the President
and Directors after their election as hereinbefore,
provided for, shall have full power to receive addi-
tional subscriptions for the completion of said
road, and said President and Directors are hereby
invested with all the rights and powers necessary
to the construction of said road, on the bed of the
County Road called the Deer Park Road, or as
nearly as may be practicable so to do, making an
artificial bed of stone not less than sixteen feet in
breadth.
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Additional
subscriptions.
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Sec. 5, And be it enacted, That the President
and Directors of said Company shall have full
power to widen the said road whenever and wher-
ever it shall be found necessary for construction of
the same.
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May widen.
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Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That as soon as the
said Company shall have completed three miles of
said road, and so on from time to time a like dis-
tance of three miles, they shall give notice to the
County Commissioners of Baltimore County, who
shall thereupon appoint three judicious and disin-
terested persons to view and examine the same,
and report to the said County Commissioners
whether the said road is so far completed in a
workmanlike manner, according to the true intent
and meaning of this Act, and if their report be in
the affirmative the said County Commissioners
shall issue to the President and Directors of said
Company a license to erect and fix such, and so
many toll-gates upon and across the said road as
will be necessary and sufficient to collect the tolls
and duties hereinafter granted to the said Company
from all persons traveling on the same with horses,
cattle, wagons, carts and carriages.
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Complete
three miles.
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Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That the said Com-
pany having completed the road or so much
thereof from time to time as aforesaid, it shall or
may be lawful for them to appoint such and so
many toll gatherers as they shall think proper, to
collect and receive of and from all and every per-
son or persons using the said road the tolls and
rates hereinafter mentioned, and to stop any per-
son riding, leading or driving any horses, mares
or gelding, cattle, sheep, hogs, sulky, chaise, chair,
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Toll.
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