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Tolls to be charged equally to all persons under the like circumstances.
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2. Provided always that all tolls, rates, and duties for the use of any such canals, navigations, branches, railways, or tramways shall be at all times charged equally to all persons, and after the same rate, whether per mile, or per ton per mile, or otherwise, in respect of all boats, barges, and other vessels of a like description passing along or using the same portion of the said canal, navigation, branches, railways, or tramways respectively, and upon all goods, animals, articles, and things, of a like description, and conveyed or propelled in a like boat, barge, or other vessel passing along or using the same portion of the said canal, navigation, branches, railways, or tramways under the like circumstances; and that all tolls and charges for haulage or trackage or other power to be supplied by any such company, commissioners, trustees, or lessees, shall be at all times charged equally to all persons, and after the same rate, whether per mile, or per ton per mile, or otherwise, in respect of all goods, animals, articles, and things, of a like description, and conveyed in a like boat or vessel, drawn or propelled by a like power, and passing along or using the same portion of any such canal, navigation, branches, railways, or tramways, under the like circumstances; and no reduction or advance in any tolls or charges for the use of any such canal, navigation, branches, railways, or tramways, or for the supply of any haulage, trackage, or other power by the said companies, commissioners, trustees, or lessees, shall be made, either directly or indirectly, in favour of or against any-particular company or person passing along or using the same portion of such canal, navigation, branches, railways, or tramways.
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