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The tolls may be lowered before the expiration of said 21 years;
if necessary the toll may be continued to a longer period than as aforesaid.
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XLII. Provided nevertheless, That at any time before the expiration of said term of twenty-one years it shall and may be lawful for the said commissioners, and the successors of them, or any five or more of them, to lower the tolls payable as aforesaid, or any of them, to any lesser sum or sums; and that in case the said commissioners, and their successors, shall not have received from time to time within the said term of twenty-one years out of the monies arising from the tolls hereby appointed, the original sum expended in the building such bridge, with the amount of said annuities, over and above the several expenses so as aforesaid charged and chargeable, that then and in such case it shall he lawful for the said commissioners, and the successors of them, or any five or more of them, to continue the tolls hereby appointed, and to empower any person or persons to collect and receive the same as aforesaid, and to sue for and recover the same by distress, or the other ways and methods aforesaid until payment of the original sum.
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