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CHAP. CLXXVII.-AN ACT to amend and revive ah act to incorporate a
company to erect a toll-bridge across the Shenandoah river.
(Passed January 24, 1831.1
1. lIe it enacted by the general a.miscmbly, That the further time Futher tme at.
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of three years, to be computed from and after the expiration of the rion of bridge
time heretofore allowed by h4, shall be, and is hereby allowed to acrosfihenandoah
the Harper's Ferry anti Shenandoah Toll-Bridge Company, in the .....
county of Jefferson, to commence and complete a toll-bridge across
the Shenandoah river, at Harper's ferry, at any point between the
junction of said river with the Potowmnac, and the upper end of the
island in the Shenandoah, upon which the town of Virginius stands,
authorized by an act passed January the seventeenth, eighteen hun-
dred and twenty-nine, any thing or any law to the contrary notwith-
standing.
2. This act-shall he in force from and after the passage thereof. Commenaement.
CHAP. CLXXVIiT.--AN ACT to provide against the abuse of the bridges
across the Potowmac and Shenandoah rivers at I lurper's Ferry, and over James
river at Cartersville and at Pattonsburg.
[l'assed March 19, 1831.]
1. lBe it enacted by the gencrd asscmbqll, That if any person or Penalty fordriving
persons shall hereafter wilfully, wantonly or maliciously, ride upon tnyowm bridge.
or drive horses over the Potowmnac bridge, or the bridge authorized
by law to be built over the Shenandoah river at Harper's Ferry,
faster than in a walk, every such person, his, her and their aiders
and abettors, shall lbrfiit anti pay a sum of money not less than one
dollar, nor more than three dollars; one-half thereof to the conunon-
wealth for the use of the literary fil(, and the other for the use of
tile owner or owners of said bridges, to be recovered by warrant, flow recovereble.
at the instance of the owner or owners of said bridges, before any
justice of the peace for any county of this commonwealth, having
jurisdiction thereof; and if such person or 'persons be a slave or Slave, how pun.
slaves, lie, she or they shall b)e punished with stripes, not exceeding ilan.
fifteen, at the discretion of any justice of the peace, for the county
of this commonwealth whereinl the offence may have been committed,
unless the owner of such slave or slaves shall pay the amiount of
fine aforesaid, to be recovered and divided as aforesaid.
2. Be it .f1urther cnlacled, That it shall he the duty of tile owner Index to be let up
or owners of the bridges aforesaid, to cause to be affixed, at each at ,aid bridge.
end of said bridges, all index, whereon shall be printed or painted,
plain legible letters informuing passengers that they are not to ride
upon or drive horses over the same faster than a walk, under the
penalties of this act; which index shall be renewed as often as the
letters wear fiaint, or from any other cause become illegible; amnd
upon failure thereof the said owner or owners of said bridges shall
not be entitled to recover under the provisions of this act.
3. Be itfuther enacted, That all the provisions in this act con- Proviioneo act
tained shall be extended and applied to the bridge over James river dat rterts
at the town of Cartersville, in the county of Cumberland, and to ville end at Pat
the bridge over the same river at Pattonsburg, in the county often'bnu'i
Botetourt.
4. This act shall be in force from and after the passage thereof. Commncenesnl.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsva0421&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)