Wayne County, NC – Nicholson Washington - Act to Erect Gate

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1833-34, Chapter CXIII - An act to authorize Nicholson Washington, of the 
county of Wayne, to erect a bridge across Neuse river. Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted 
by the authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful for Nicholson 
Washington to erect a bridge across Neuse river, at or near his ferry called 
Spring Bank, in the county of Wayne; and when the said bridge shall be 
completed, it shall be lawful for the proprietor thereof to erect a toll 
gate thereon. 

II. And be it further enacted, That the rates of toll shall be as follows, 
to wit: on all wagons passing said bridge, sixty cents each; and all four 
wheeled carriages of pleasure, fifty cents; on all two wheeled carriages 
of pleasure, twenty five cents; on all carts, twenty five cents; for every 
man and horse, five cents; on every loose horse, five cents; on every head 
of cattle, two cents; and on hogs and sheep, one cent each: Provided, that 
said bridge shall be so constructed as to have one arch in the main current 
of the river forty feet wide, for the free passage of rafts down the same. 

III. And be it further enacted, That when said bridge shall be built, the 
proprietor thereof shall keep the same in good and sufficient repair, under 
the like penalty as other proprietors of public bridges are subject to by 
the laws of this state.

Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina

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