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be subject to the order of the governor, who shall pay out of saidfund the salary of the superintendent, and the expenses incident tothe superintendence and collection, other than those particularly pro-vided for in this act, and shall cause the remaining net proceeds ofthe revenue collected as above mentioned to be applied solely andexclusively to the preservation, repair, and improvement of said road,and to no other purpose whatever.

“ Sec. 6. That directors shall be set up at proper and convenient situa-tions, to caution all conductors or drivers of carriages on the road afore-said, that they shall at all times pass on the left of each other, under thepenalty of five dollars for every offence; and there shall also be set up atsome conspicuous place at each gate, a board, on which shall be legiblypainted the rates of toll, as is provided for in this act.

“Sec. 7. That, if any of the toll-collectors shall unreasonably delay orhinder any passenger or traveller at any of the gates, or shall demand orreceive more toll than is by this act established, he shall, for each andevery such offence, forfeit and pay to the party aggrieved the sum of tendollars.

“ Sec. 8. That if any person shall purposely and maliciously deface,or otherwise injure any of the mile-stones, parapet walls, culverts, orbridges, or any of the masonry whatsoever, or any of the gates or toll-houses of and belonging to the said national road in this state, as thesame is now constructed, or may hereafter be constructed, every per-son so offending shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in a sum notmore than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the dungeon of thejail of the county, and be fed on bread and water only, not exceedingtwenty days, or both, at the discretion of the court.

“ Sec. 9. That, if any person shall purposely fill, choke, or otherwiseobstruct any of the side drains, valleys, gutters, or culverts of said road,now made or hereafter to be made, or shall connect any private road orcartway with the said national road, without making at the point of con-nection a stone culvert, or paved valley, or other good and sufficientfixture, so as to secure a free passage for the water along such side drain,where such private road or cartway connects with the said national road,or if any person shall purposely and wilfully travel upon such parts ofsaid national road as are or may be in an unfinished state, against theconsent of the superintendent appointed by the United States , or by thisstate, or shall remove any of the beacons placed upon the said road so inan unfinished state as aforesaid, for the diverting of the' travel on andfrom said road, every person so offending shall, upon conviction thereof,be, for every such offence, fined in a sum not less than one nor more thanten dollars.

“ Sec. 10. That if any person shall stand his wagon and team, or eitherof them, over night, upon the pavement of said road, now made, or whichmay hereafter be made, or shall at any other time stand a wagon andteam, or either of them, upon the said pavement, for the purpose of feed-ing, or if he shall in any other manner purposely and wilfully obstructthe travel upon said road, every person so offending shall, upon convic-tion thereof, for every such offence, be fined in a sum not less than onenor more than five dollars.

“ Sec. 11. That if any person shall fast lock or rough lock either of thewheels of any wagon, coach, chaise, gig, sulky, carriage, or other two orfour-wheeled vehicle, while travelling upon the pavement of said road, asnow made, or which may hereafter be made, (excepting however, suchparts of said road as may be, at the time of such locking, covered withice,) every person so offending shall, upon conviction thereof, be finedin any sum not less than one nor more than five dollars.

“ Sec. 12. The supervisors of roads and highways through whose districtsthe said national road does now or may hereafter pass, are hereby severally

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Caution boards,&c.

Unreasonabledelay, &c.

Injuries to road.

Obstructionof drains, &c.

Stopping onroad.

Locking ofwheels.

Culverts, &c.at cross roads.