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Toll to be taken for coaches, &c. passing said bridge.
if not paid, levid by distress, &c.
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XXVI. And for as much as the creating and building said bridge, so intended to be built, and the repairing, preserving, and Supporting the same, and the purchasing such ferry or ferries, as ply for hire over the said northern channel of the said river Lee, and as may be necessary to be purchased, must be attended with considerable charge and expense: be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the said commissioners, and the successors of them, or any five or more of them, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to take and receive, or cause to be taken or received, in the nature of a toll, before any passage over the said bridge shall be permitted, any sum which the said commissioners, or the successors of them, or any five or more of them, at any meeting or meetings shall direct, not exceeding the following rates, for every coach, chariot, berlin, chaise, chair, or calash, drawn by six or more horses, one shilling and one penny; for every coach, chariot, berlin, chaise, chair, or calash drawn by less than six or more than two horses, six pence halfpenny; for every coach, chariot, berlin, chaise, chair, or calash, drawn by two horses or mules, three pence; for every waggon, wain, car, cart, or carriage of burthen, or other carriage with four wheels, drawn by four or more horses, or other beasts, one shilling and one penny; and by less than four horses or beasts, six pence halfpenny; for every waggon, wain, ear, cart, and carriage of burthen, with two wheels, drawn by more than one horse or other beast, three pence; for every waggon, wain, car, cart, or carriage of burthen with two wheels, drawn by one horse or other beast, one halfpenny; for every horse, mule, or ass, laden or unladen, and not drawing, one halfpenny; for every drove of oxen, cows, or neat cattle, five pence by the score, and so in proportion for any greater or lesser number not less than four, one halfpenny each for every score of calves, hogs, sheep, goats, or lambs, two pence halfpenny by the score, and so in proportion for every greater or less number; for every passenger passing over said bridge, one halfpenny each, except such person or persons as shall be driven in any such coach, chariot, berlin, chaise, chair, or calash, and the driver or drivers thereof, and the footman or footmen, servant or servants thereof, standing behind the same; and the said commissioners, and successors of them, or any five of them, and any person or persons by them thereto authorized, as herein after mentioned; is and are hereby empowered to levy the tolls or duties hereby required, or which hereafter may be required, to be paid by any person or persons who shall after demand thereof, make, neglect, or refuse to pay the same as aforesaid, or to deny or hinder any passage over the said bridge last mentioned, until payment thereof, which said tolls or duties shall or may be levied by distress of any horse or horses, or other cattle or goods upon which such tolls or duties are by this act imposed, or upon any other of the goods and chattels of such person and persons as ought to pay the same, and all such horses and other cattle or goods may be detained, until such tolls or duties, with the reasonable charges of such distress shall be paid; and it shall be lawful for the person or persons so distraining, after the space of four days after such distress made or taken, to sell the cattle or other goods or chattels so distrained by publick auction, for payment of the tolls or duties, tendering to the owner or owners thereof the overplus upon demand, after satisfaction of the said tolls or duties, and the reasonable charges in and about making such distress and sale, and keeping the same.
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