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REGULATIONS & TOLLS ON CANALS.

RATES OF TOLL UPON THE UNION CANAL-1830.

ARTICLES.

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case. No further allowance will be made at any other time or place on any account whatever, nor shall a permit be issued until the money be paid. No boat which has passed a "General Office" without taking out a permit can be allowed a discount at any "Intermediate 0ffice."

VI. The rates of toll are fixed by the lock, and are to be paid at each lock or set of locks, unless a permit is taken out as provided in the fifth Article. Between Philadelphia and Reading, toll will be charged for thir ty-six locks, being the whole number, except three at Fair Mount, for passing which toll will not be charged, except on boats and articles which pass those locks only; and toll between Reading and Port Carbon will be charged for seventy-six locks, being the whole number, except the ten upper locks, for the passage of which toll will not be charged, except on boats and articles which pass those locks only, or some of them.

"Reber's mill,

"Hiester's mill,

"Lower Stout's mill,

"Upper Stout's mill, (lock 37 E)

"Bern Ville, (lock 36 E)

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"Sharff's Oil mill, (lock 31 E)

"Ege's Forge, (lock 27 E)

"Womelsdorf, (lock 24 E)

"Stouchtown, (lock 19 E)

"Good's mill, (lock 17 E)

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Rules for the Collection of Tolls on the Schuylkill Navigation, and Rates of Toll for 1829.

I. The toll is to be charged on the weight of articles in boats (except boats for passengers,) marked with their tonnage, as herein provided; the master or owner exhibiting a list of them, with their quantities and weights, and com; lying with the provisions of the laws and the regulations of the Board of Managers. Toll is to be charged on boats passing up, in addition to the toll on the articles.

Cn Coal, from per ton.

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Between Reading

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Port Carbon. S

of a c.per 57ct.

ton p. lock, Sp.ton

Port Carbon to Philadelphia, $1 nett

Between Phil-2 cts. p. ton 2 72ct.

Reading. Sper lock, $pton

lime, marble, bark,adelphia and
On bricks, lumber,
cord-wood, cider,
fruits, vegetables,
hay, straw, oysters,
beer and porter.

On flour, grain, &
seeds of all kinds;
salt, salted beef,
pork, and fish;lard

and butter.

II. All boats, whose owner or skipper shall refuse or neglect to have them marked with their tonnage, as herein provided, or shall refuse to exhibit a list of the articles on board, with their quantities and weights, shall be charged six and a quarter cents per ton, for the whole tonnage, for each lock the boat may pass through below Reading, and four cents above, as authorized by On all articles the Act of Incorporation.

III. The tonnage of boats to be ascertained by loading on board, in the canal at Fair Mount,kentledge provided and marked for the purpose, and the boat to be marked with copper nails for every two tons put on board. IV. In every case where a boat is offered to pass a lock, without having the tonnage marked upon her, or a special permit, the Collectors or Lock-tenders are to take the following course:

1st. To propose to the owner or master of the boat, to name a person resident within two miles of the lock to unite with one to be named by the Collector or, Lock-tender, to measure and mark the boat.

2. If the owner or master declines, then the Collector or Lock-tender himself to choose a person to ascer tain the tonnage, and by the tonnage so ascertained, to charge the toll as mentioned in the second Article. V. The places of the "General Offices" of Collection are at Fair Mount, Reading and Mount Carbon, those for the "Intermediate Offices" are at Flat Rock, Oakes Canal, Vincent Canal, Hamburg Canal, and Waterloo. At the general offices the toll may be paid and a permit issued to pass the next office of collection or to the place of destination, five per cent. being deducted; the interme diate offices can grant permits and allow the same discount to the next office or place of destination, provided it be not further than to the next general office in any

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1 ct. p ton 276cts. per lock, Sp. ton

23 c.p. ton 2 90ct.

Reading. Sper lock, Sp.ton
Between 14 cp. ton 295cts.
Reading and

Port Carbon. Sper lock, Šp. ton
Between Philadel-5 ct.p.ton 108 ct.
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Sper lock, J p. ton.

Between Reading 1 c.p.ton) 114ct.

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Port Carbon. Sper lock. Jp ton

On boats or Between Philadel-220 cents 27 dols.

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Sper lock, $20 cts.

Between Reading 10 cents

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vessels, made j
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tation of pas-
sengers.
Passage Boats to be allowed to carry seventy-five
pounds of baggage for each passenger on board, with-
out charge for Tolls.

Port Carbon. Sper lock, $60 cts.

On Lumber in Rafts, passing down through a canal where there is a slope to the Dam, 4 cents per 1000 feet per Lock.

On Lumber in Rafts, passing down where there is no slope to the Dam, Toll free.

On Lumber and logs in Rafts, passing up, 4 cents per 1000 feet per lock.

List of the Quantities of various Articles which are to be deemed and estimated as a Ton, in Collecting the Tolls,

viz:

Flour, Ten barrels and a half.-Whiskey, Eight barrels,
or two hogsheads.

Wheat, Rye, Indian Corn, Flaxseed, Forty bushels.
Oats, Eighty bushels.-Barley, Fifty bushels.
Stone, Four-fifths of one Perch.

1830.]

REGULATION OF TOLLS ON CANALS.

Salt Fish, Seven barrels and a half, or fourteen half barrels.

Lumber, 2,000 3 feet Shingles-3,000 2 feet do.5,000 1 foot 6 inch. do.-1,000 barrel staves and heading.-700 Hogshead ditto-500 Pipe ditto-100 Rails or Posts-1000 Hoop Poles.

Cord-Wood, Half a Cord. Bricks, Five hundred.
Sall, Liverpool Fine, Forty-five bushels.
All other kinds, Thirty-two bushels.

Tur, Seven barrels. Rosin, Eight barrels.
Oysters, Four Thousand. Lime, Twenty-eight bush-
els. Window Glass, Two thousand eight hundred

Feet.

Rules for the Collection, and Rates of Toll
FOR 1829:

ON THE LEHIGH CANAL.

1. The toll is to be charged on the weight of articles in boats (except boats for passengers, ] marked with their tonnage, as herein provided; the master or owner exhibiting a list of them, with their quantities and weights, and complying with the provisions of the laws and the regulations of the board of managers. Toll is to be charged on boats passing up, in addition to the toll on the articles.

II. All boats, whose owner or skipper shall refuse or neglect to have them marked with their tonnage, as herein provided, or shall refuse to exhibit a list of the articles on board, with their quantities and weights, shall be charged 2 2-3 cents a ton, for the whole ton nage for each lock the boat may pass through as authorized by the Act of Incorporation.

III. The tonnage of boats to be ascertained in the Canal at Mauch Chunk, or Southeaston, and marked accordingly.

IV. In every case where a boat is offered to pass a lock, without having the tonnage marked upon her, or a special permit, the Collectors or Lock-tenders are to take the following course:

1st To propose to the owner or master of the boat, to name a person resident within two miles of the lock, to unite with one to be named by the Collector or locktender, to measure and mark the boat.

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On beef, pork, fish, lard, butter, and whiskey--2 cts.
per ten for every 6 feet of lockage.
Between M. Chunk, and Gap Basin, 46 ct.)
Gap Basin, and Allentown,
Allentown and Bethlehem,
Bethlehem, and Easton, (on Del.)
On lumber in Rafts, and all articles not enumerated-
2 2-3 cents per ton for every 6 feet of lockage.
Between M. Chunk, & Gap Basin, 614 cts.
Gap Basin, and Allentown, 614
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Allentown, and Bethlehem,
Bethlehem, and Easton, (on Del.) 30

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On Boats and Vessels made and used for the transpor-
tation of passengers-10 cents for every 6 feet of lock-
age.
Between M. Chunk, & Gap Basin, 2 30cts."
Gap Basin, and Allentown,
Allentown, and Bethlehem,
Bethlehem, and Easton [on Del.] 1 151
On boats or vessels passing up except boats for pas-
engers-3 cents for every 6 feet lockage.
Between Easton,[on Del. ]& Bethlehem, 344
Bethlehem, and Allentown,
Allentown, and Gap Basin,
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List of the Quantities of the various Articles which are to be deemed and estimated as a Ton, in Collecting the tolls, viz:

2d. If the owner or master declines, then the Collector or Lock-tender himself to choose a person to ascer-Flour, Ten barrels and a half. tain the tonnage, and by the tonnage so ascertained, to charge the toll as mentioned in the second Article.

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Whiskey, eight barrels, or two hogsheads. Wheat, Rye, Indian Corn, Flaxseed, forty bushels. V. The places for the General Offices of collection are Oats, eighty bushels. Barley, fifty bushels. at Mauch Chunk and Southeaston, and those for the In-Stone, four-fifths of one Perch. termediate Offices, are at Lehigh Gap, Allentown and Bethlehem. At the general offices the toll may be paid and a permit issued to pass to the next office of collection or to the place of destination, 24 per cent. being deducted; the intermediate offices can grant permits and allow the same discount to the next office or place of destination. No further allowance will be made at any other time or place on any account whatever, nor shall a permit be issued until the money be paid. No boat which has passed a General Office without taking out a permit can be allowed a discount at any Intermediate office.

Salt-Fish, seven barrels and a half, or fourteen half bar-
Lumber, 1,000 feet board measure.
2,000 feet Shingles.
3,000 2 feet do.
5,000 1 foot 6 inch do.

VI. The rates of toll are fixed by the lock, of six feet lift, or in proportion to such lift, and are to be paid at each lock or set of locks, unless a permit is taken out as provided in the fifth article.

On COAL for 1830, 14 cents per ton per lock, or device of six feet lift or fall; and so in proportion for any greater or lesser fall or lift; at this rate the toll on Coal from Mauch Chunk to Easton will be 1 dollar and 4 cts. per ton.

On limestone, gypsum, manure, clay, iron ore, stone, fire-wood, sand, earth, and Hydraulic lime- cents per ton for every 6 feet of Lockage.

Between Mauch Chunk, & Gap Basin, 174cts. Gap Basin, and Allentown,

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Cord-Wood, half a cord. Bricks, Five Hundred.
Salt, Liverpool Fine, forty five bushels.
All other kinds, thirty-two bushels. Tar, seven barrels.
Rosin, eight barrels. Oysters, four thousand.
Lime, twenty-eight bushels.

Window Glass, two thousand eight hundred feet.

Regulations to be observed by Vessels navigating the
CHESAPEAKE & DELAWARE CANAL.

1. No vessel shall enter the Canal, without first coming to anchor, or making fast to the piers at least 100 feet from the outer locks.

2. Masters of vessels shall before entering the first lock, present to the collector a manifest of a cargo, so arranged as to enable him readily to calculate their tolls-and in order to guard against frauds, the Collec

tor is authorized to require the cargo to be landed for examination, if he shall see cause to suspect the correctness of the manifest.

18. No horses shall be permitted to travel on the tow path, except those engaged in towing vessels. No cattle shall be driven on the tow path.

19. Every person who shall wilfully or negligently run against, or otherwise injure the wharves, walls, locks, bridges, banks, or other property of the Canal Compa

3. Square-rigged vessels, as they apply to enter a lock, must have their jib-booms rigged in, and their yards braced fore and aft;—and all vessels shall have their anchors stowed in such a manner as to prevent injury tony, shall be immediately prosecuted by the agent of the the works.

4. Vessels of such small dimensions as to admit more than one into a lock at a time, shall be postponed to those of larger dimensions, unless a sufficient number of them be present at once to fill the lock.

5. The Tolls shall always be paid at the first lock passed by a vessel; and upon payment thereof, the master shall receive a pass-bill, on which shall be noted the amount of tolls paid and the precise time of entering. 6. The Pass-bill shall be exhibited to the keeper of each lock before passing the same, and it shall be given up to the Collector at the last lock, that he may direct the passage out of the vessel at the proper time. Ves sels applying for passage out of the canal, and exhibiting no pass-bill, shall pay full tolls for the whole canal. 7. If any vessel shall pass through the canal without fully and honestly paying the prescribed tolls, the Collector is authorized by law "to seize such vessel, wherever found, and sell the same at auction for ready money; which, so far as is necessary, shall be applied towards paying said tolls, and all expenses of seizure and sale."

8. No vessel shall carry sail on the canal; nor shall any vessels, except packets registered for the conveyance of passengers and paying tolls as such, pass thro' the canal at a rate exceeding three miles an hour.

9. The horses towing a vessel shall not come up to any lock or bridge, until the same shall be opened for the admission of the vessel.

10. Vessels passing shall keep to the right, except when meeting registered passenger packets, which shall be permitted to keep nearest the tow path. When a vessel is overtaken by another, going in the same direction, the slower shall give the inner tract to the faster, unless within 300 yards of a lock or bridge. In meeting or passing, the yessel having the outer track shall slack her tow rope, till the inner vessel has passed over it.

11. Registered passenger packets shall however have priority over all other vessels in passing locks and bridges, if within 300 yards of them when they are opened.

12. Vessels approaching a lock or bridge shall give notice, by sounding a bugle or ringing a bell, at the distance of at least 300 yards.

13. No vessel shall obstruct the entrance to a lock or bridge, or impede in any way the navigation of the canal.

14. Vessels coming to, or anchoring in the canal, shall be secured head and stern, at least 100 yards from the nearest lock or bridge, and at such a distance from the tow path as not to interfere with other vessels passing. 15. No vessel shall remain in the canal, its harbors or basins, without some person on board to have charge of her-and if the person in charge shall refuse or neglect to cast off her fasts and change her position, when required by the agent or officer of the Company, such agent or officer may cut or cast off her fasts, and change her position.

16. Vessels navigating the canal at night, shall carry on the bow a lamp with concave reflectors; vessels lying in the canal at night shall carry a similar lamp, exposed on the bow and at the stern-and to secure conformity to this regulation, no vessel shall be admitted into the canal after 12 o'clock at noon, unless provided with such lamps.

17. No vessel shall come to, load, discharge, or break bulk, in the locks or on the canal, except at the landing places, which shall be designated by the Company,

Company, according to law: and if such injury is done by a person having the charge or direction of a vessel, she shall not be permitted to leave the canal, till legal redress is obtained.

20. The officers and agents of the Company are fully authorized by law, to enforce obedience to the foregoing regulations; and they are required so to do.

21. No person is allowed to interfere with the agents or officers of the Company, in the performance of their duties on the canal. Should reasonable ground of complaint occur against such officers or agents, either by unnecessary delays or improper conduct, it will be immediately redressed, on information being lodged at either of the offices of the Company.

ROBERT M. LEWIS, President.

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