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 peace for the county. The company may also purchase land for wharfs and warehouses on the line, to the extent of ten acres. For putting this act into execution, they are empowered to raise £53,000, in shares of £100 each; and in case this sum should not prove sufficient for the completion of the work, they may borrow £20,000 additional on mortgage, paying interest half yearly. By this act the following are to be demanded as

TONNAGE RATES.
Fractions of a Ton and a Mile to be paid for as the Quarters therein, and of a Quarter as a Quarter.

Carriages and Cattle employed in conveying Materials for Roads and Highways in the Township of Winwirk-with-Hulme, or Hay, Straw, Corn in the Straw, Potatoes or other Produce of Land passing to the Barns or Lands of the Owners in the said Township, and other Things used in the said Township, or by the Rector thereof or his Tenants, are exempted from Tolls, provided they are not conveyed in the carriages or by the cattle of the Company.

The company may lower the said rates and raise the same again to the amount above quoted; they may also lease to the owners of mines on the line, the tolls of coals, &amp;c. from their own mines, and they may generally let to farm, the tolls.