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Rh For every dozen of calves, sheep, or hogs, and so on in proportion for any greater or less number, six cents.

For every dozen of horses, mules, or cattle, and so on in proportion for any greater or less number, seven cents.

And it shall be lawful for any toll gatherer to stop any horse, mule, calves, sheep, hogs, carriage of burthen or pleasure, from passing through any of the said gates or turnpikes, until the toll, as above specified, has been paid for them respectively.

15. And be it enacted, That before the said company shall demand or receive toll for travelling said road, they shall cause mile stones or posts to be erected, one for each and every mile on said road; and on each stone or post shall be fairly and legibly marked the distance the said stone or post is from the point of the commencement of the said road at the said ferry; and shall cause to be affixed, and always kept up at the gates aforesaid, in some conspicuous place, a list of the rates of toll which may be lawfully demanded.

16. And be it enacted, That if any person shall wilfully break, throw down, or deface any of the mile stones or posts so erected on the said road, or shall wilfully cut, break down, destroy, or deface, or otherwise injure any gate, turnpike, bridge, machinery, timber, or plank, that shall be erected, built, placed, or laid down in pursuance of this act, or shall forcibly pass the gate, or turnpikes without having paid the legal toll, such person or persons shall forfeit and pay a fine of twenty dollars, besides being subject to an action of damages for the same to be recovered by the said company, to their use, in action of debt, with costs of suit; and if any person shall, with team, carriage, or horse, turn out of said road to pass a gate or gates or turnpikes, and again enter on said road with intent to avoid the toll due by virtue of this act, such person or persons shall pay three times as much as the legal toll would have been for passing through said gates, to be recovered by said company to their use, in an action of debt, with costs of suit.

17. And be it enacted, That if any toll gatherer shall unnecessarily delay or hinder any person passing at any of the gates, or shall receive more toll than is by this act established, he shall for shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars, with costs of suit, to be prosecuted for and recovered for the sole use of the person so unreasonably hindered or defrauded.

18. And be it enacted, That all drivers of carriages, sleighs, or sleds, whether of burthen or pleasure, or persons on horseback using the said road, shall keep their horses, carriages, sleighs, or sleds on the light hand of said road, in the passing directions, leaving the other side of the road free and clear for other carriages or persons on horseback to pass; and if any person shall offend against this provision, such person or persons shall, besides being liable to make compensation for all damages, forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars, to any person or persons who shall be obstructed in his or her passage, and will sue for the same, to be recovered in an action of debt, with costs of suit.

19. And be it enacted, That if the said plank road shall not be commenced within two years, and three miles thereof shall not be in use within five years from the passage of this act, that then and in that case this act shall be void.

Approved, March 11, 1853.