1823.] 
or for the horses, &c. drawing the same, 
the same tolls as by such local acts are 
payable in respect of such waggon, &c. 
and for every vehicle having the fellies’ of 
the wheels of four and a half inches, and 
less than six, one-sixth less than the tolls 
payable for the same; and for every vehi- 
cle having the fellies of its wheels of the 
breadth of six inches or upwards, or for 
the horses drawing the same, one-third 
less than the tolls which are payable for 
the same, by any turnpike-road act. 
Table of Weights allowed in Winter and 
Summer to Carriages directed to be weigh- 
ed. (including the Carriage and Leading ). 
. , Summer. — Winter. 
Tons.Cwl. Tons.€wt. 
For every Waggon with 
9-inch wheels -*+es*++ 6 10 -» 6 O 
For every Cart with 9-inch 
Wheels eccccevccsssee 3 10 +» 3 OV 
For every Waggon with 
6-inch wheels -++-.+++ 4 15 +» 4 5 
For every Cart with 6-inch 
wheels «-crerccceesss 3 0 .-- 215 
For every Waggon with 
wheels of the breadth 
of Az inches .-++eerese 4 5 2 3 
Forevery Cart with.wheels 
of the breadth of 42 inc. 2 
For every Waggon with 
15 
12 ee 2 7 
wheels less than4iinc. 3 15 ++ 3 5 
Forevery Cart with wheels 
' less than 4Z-inches +--+ 1 15 -- 1 10 
§ 6. orders that, where by the authority 
of any local act of parliament, for the pre- 
servation of high-ways, a scale of tolls shall 
have been digested, and where the addi- 
tional tolls imposed by the 13th of the late 
King have not been levied, the trustees 
and commissioners do after the 1st of Janu- 
ary, 1824, continue to collect the tolls as 
they have already collected them, without 
regarding at all those imposed by the said 
act. 
§ 7. provides, that where the tolls shall 
be inthe hands of trustees or commis- 
sioners, and not leased or let to farm, and 
where they have been raised, that they 
shall be reduced within fourteen days 
after the passing of this Act; and where 
the tolls have been leased or let to farm, 
authorises the trustees and commissioners 
to compound with the lessee or farmer for 
the rednction, in conformity with this Act, 
ordering its provisions to be put into im- 
mediate execution, upon the reduction 
taking place, and not waiting till the 1st 
of January, 1824, ; 
~ § 8. releases contractors for, and far- 
mers of, tolls, whose contracts and agree- 
ments extend beyond the 1st of January, 
1824, who shall, in consequence of this 
Act, be desirous of relinquishing their un- 
dertakings, from the same, provided that 
they do on or before the 1st of September, 
1823, give notice in writing of their inten- 
Sion, to the treasurer oy clerk of the trus- 
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tees or commissioners of the road whereon 
they are contractors. m 
§ 13. empowers trustees and commis- 
sioners to. compound with individuals, for 
any term not exceeding one year, for the 
tolls payable upon the road under their 
management. 
$15. orders, under a penalty not ex- 
ceeding 51. for disobedience or falsehood, 
the owners of waggons, &c. from, and 
after the 1st day of October, 1823, to 
have the christian and surnames, and place 
of abode, of the principal partner or pro- 
prietor, painted at full length, in one or 
more straight lines, in letters of not less 
than one inch in height, upon some con- 
spicuous part of the right or off side of the 
vehicle, or upon the off-side shafts thereof, 
hefore it shall be used upon any turnpike 
road, and during the whole of the time it 
shall be so employed. 
§ 19. provides that nothing in the recited 
Act, or in this Act, relative to the breadth 
of the wheels of vehicles, or to the regula- 
tions of weight, or to the tolls payable in 
consequence, shall extend to chaise ma- 
rines, coaches, landaus, berlins, barouches, 
phaetons, sociables, chariots, calashes, 
hearses, breaks, chaises, curricles, gigs, 
chairs, or taxed carts, or any cart not 
drawn by more than one horse or. two 
oxen. 
Offences for which Toll-keepers are liable to 
Penalties. 
Demanding or taking a greater or less 
toll than they are warranted in doing. _ 
Demanding or taking toll of persons 
exempt therefrom, and who shall claim 
such privilege. 
Refusing to permit persons to read the 
inscriptions upon the board exhibiting the 
scale of tolls. ‘ 
Refusing to tell their christian and sur- 
names, or giving false ones, to persons de- 
manding the same on paying toll. 
Refusing to give to persons paying toll 
a ticket denoting the payment thereof. 
Unnecessarily detaining or wilfully ob- 
structing a passenger or passengers, from 
passing through the turnpike gates, upon 
the legal toll being paid or tendered. 
Making use of any scurrilous or abusive 
language to any trustee or commissioner, 
traveller or passenger. 
§ 44. prohibits the appointment. of the 
same individual to the situation of clerk 
and surveyor. | 
§ 45. inflicts a penalty of 50/. upon any 
surveyor, who shall have any interest in 
any contract for work, materials, and 
tools. 
§ 65. prohibits trustees or commis- 
sioners, in altering or deviating the course 
of any part of the turnpike-roads, to com- 
mit any of the following acts, without the 
consent in writing of the proprietor or 
owner, or those who shall be authorized to 
act for them :— 
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