greement, or in case the owner thereof shall
be a feme covert, under age, non-compos, or
out of the district, on application to one of
the judges of the circuit court, the said judge
shall issue a warrant directed to the marshal
of the district, to summon a jury of twenty-
four inhabitants of Alexandria county, of pro.
perty and reputation, not related to the par-
ties, nor in any manner interested, to meet
on the land to be valued, at a day to be ex-
pressed in the warrant, not less than ten, nor
more than twenty days thereafter; and the
marshal upon receiving the said warrant,
shall forthwith summon the said jury, and
when met, provided there be not less than
twelve, shall administer an oath or affirma-
tion to every juryman that shall appear,.
"That he will faithfully, justly, and impar
tially value the land not exceeding the width
of one hundred feet and all damages the
owner thereof shall sustain by opening the
road through such land, according to the
best of his skill and judgment." And the
inquisition thereupon taken shall be signed
by the marshal and by the jurymen present,
and returned by the marshal to the clerk of
the county, to be by him recorded. And
upon every such valuation, the jury is here-
by directed to describe and ascertain the
bounds of the land by them valued; and
their valuation shall be conclusive on all per.
sons, and shall be paid by the said president
and directors to the owner of the land, or
his legal representative; and on payment
thereof said land shall become an open
public road forever.

demandable.

Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That Tolls, when as soon as the said road shall be opened and

improved, and the said bridge shall be erected and built, as required by this act, the said company shall be entitled to demand and receive by their proper agents, servants, or Rates of tolls, officers, at the said bridge, tolls not exceeding the following rates, to be regulated from time to time by the circuit court of the United States, in and for the district of Columbia, in the county of Alexandria, under the direction of Congress; for each person and horse, six cents and a quarter; for each chaise, sulky, or riding chair, twelve and a half cents; for each coach, coachee, stage. waggon, cha, riot, pheaton, or curricle, or other riding carriage, twenty five cents, and the further sum of four cents for each horse, more than two, by which such coach, coachee, chariot, pheaton, or curricle, shall be drawn; for each sled or sleigh, twelve and a half cents, and the further sum of four cents for each · horse or other beast, more than two, by which such sled or sleigh shall be drawn ; for each four wheeled waggon, cart, or other four wheeled carriage of burthen, twenty five cents, and the further sum of four cents for each horse or other beast, more than two, by which the same shall be drawn; for each two wheeled cart, dray, or other two wheeled carriage of burthen, twelve and a half cents, and the further sum of four cents for each horse or other beast, more than one, by which the same shall be drawn; for each sheep or swine, one cent; for horses and neat cattle, other than those in teams, draw. ing sleds, sleighs, or carriages, or those with riders, two cents each. And it shall be the duty of the said company to keep posted up in some conspicuous place, at the said bridge

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where the toll is collected, a printed list of the rates of toll allowed by this act, and for every day the same shall be neglected, they shall forfeit and pay one dollar, to be recovered by warrant, by any person who shall sue for the same.

repair.

Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That Road to be it shall be the duty of the said corporation, kept in good to keep the said road and bridge in good repair; and if in neglect of their said duty, the said corporation shall at any time suffer the said road or bridge to be out of repair, so as to be unsafe or inconvenient for passengers, the said corporation shall be liable to be pre- Penalties. sented for such neglect, before any court of competent jurisdiction, and upon conviction thereof, to pay to the United States a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, at the discretion of the court; and shall also be responsible for all damages, which may be sustained by any person or persons, in consequence of such want of repair, to be recovered in an action of trespass on the case, in any court competent to try the same: Pro- Proviso. vided always, and it is further enacted, That whenever the net proceeds of toli collected on said road shall amount to a sum sufficient to reimburse the capital stock, which shall be expended in the purchase of said land, building said bridge, and making said road, and twelve per cent. interest thereon, to be ascertained by said circuit court, the same shall become a free road, and toll shall be no longer collected thereon; and said company shall annually make returns to said circuit court, of the amount of toll collected, and of their necessary expenses, so

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as to enable said circuit court to determine when said toll shall cease.

J. B. VARNUM,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

S. SMITH,

President of the Senate, pro tempore.

April 21, 1808.

APPROVED,

TH: JEFFERSON.

CHAPTER LI.

AN ACT to continue in force an act, intituled “ An act to extend jurisdiction in certain cases to state judges and state courts; and for other purposes.

E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act intituled" An act to extend jurisdiction in certain cases to state judges and state courts," passed the eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and six, be, and the same is hereby continued in force without limitation of time.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several provisions of the above mentioned act, intituled "An act to extend jurisdiction in certain cases to state judges and state courts," be, and the same are hereby extended to the respective county courts within, or next adjoining the revenue districts in the state of Ohio on lake Erie, and to the dis

AN ACT to authorise the President of the United States, under certain conditions, to suspend the operation of the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, and the several acts supplementary thereto.

BE it enacted by the Senate and House of

Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That in the event of such peace or suspension of hostili. ties between the belligerent powers of Eu. rope, or of such changes in their measures. affecting neutral commerce, as may render that of the United States sufficiently safe, in the judgment of the President of the United States, he is hereby authorised, during the recess of Congress, to suspend, in whole or in part, the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, and the several acts sup