ED REGULATIONS 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 JAMES RIVER AND KANAWHA CANAL, 
 
 ADOPTED BY 
 
 THE BODY OF STOCKHOLDERS 
 
 AT THEIR 
 
 TENTH ANNUAL MEETING 
 
 IN DECEMBER 1844, 
 
 TOGETHER WITH 
 
 TABLES OF TOLLS AND DISTANCES. 
 
 RICHMOND: 
 
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 POWER OF THE STOCKHOLDERS 
 
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 BY-LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS. 
 
 [Extract from the Act of the Legislature , entitled “ An Act 
 incorporating the Stockholders of the James River and 
 Kanawha Company ,” passed March 16 th, 1832.] 
 
 § 10. The stockholders, in general meeting, shall have 
 power to make such by-laws, rules and regulations, not in- 
 consistent with the constitution or laws of the land, as they 
 may deem proper, for the well ordering of the affairs of the 
 company, for the protection and preservation of their pro- 
 perty, and for the maintenance of good order and good po- 
 lice among their officers, agents, servants and labourers, 
 and among the boatmen and others who use their canal 
 and other works. 
 
 ADOPTION OF THE AMENDED REGULATIONS. 
 
 At the Tenth Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the 
 James River and Kanaioha Company , held at the Capi- 
 tol in the City of Richmond , on the 14 th December 1844: 
 
 Resolved , That the body of “ Amended Regulations for 
 the navigation and management of the James River and 
 Kanawha Canal,” recommended by the president, with the 
 approbation of the board of directors, be and they are 
 hereby adopted instead of the “ Regulations &c.” adopted 
 by the stockholders at their called meeting in July 1840 ; 
 and that said amended regulations shall commence and be 
 in force from and after the first day of January next. 
 
 Resolved , That the president and directors be and they 
 are hereby authorized and requested to adopt from time to 
 time such measures as shall be found necessary, in order to 
 carry said amended regulations into effect according to their 
 true spirit and intent. 
 
 Extract from the records. 
 
 SAM’L M’D. REID, Chairman. 
 W. B. Chittenden, Clerk. 
 

 
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AMENDED REGULATIONS 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 NAVIGATION AND MANAGEMENT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 JAMES RIVER AND KANAWHA CANAL. 
 
 REGISTRY OF BOATS. 
 
 1. The term “float,” as used in the following rules and Float defined, 
 regulations, shall be construed to embrace every boat, ves- 
 sel, raft or floating thing navigated on the canal, or moved 
 thereon, under the direction of some person having the 
 
 charge thereof ; and in the case of a raft of lumber, which 
 by this article is embraced in the term “ float,” all the pro- 
 visions in the following rules and regulations which relate 
 to the cargoes or lading of boats or floats, shall be deemed 
 to apply to the lumber of which such raft is composed, as 
 well as to the property conveyed thereon ; and the term Master defined, 
 “master,” as so used, shall be construed to apply to every 
 person having, for the time, the charge, control or direction 
 of any such float. 
 
 2. The owner or owners of every boat navigating the certificates of 
 canal, except “river boats,” so called, shall subscribe and owner9l,,p * 
 deliver to the toll-gatherer, of whom the first clearance for 
 
 such boat shall be demanded, a certificate, to be entitled a 
 “ Certificate of ownership,” containing the name or names 
 of such owner or owners, and his, her or their respective 
 place or places of abode, the name of the said boat, and the 
 name of some place as its hailing place, or the place where 
 it is owned, and accompanied by a certificate from the in- 
 spector at Richmond, that said boat is canal worthy, and 
 (if a freight boat) has been gauged. 
 
 3. If the owner or owners of the boat shall reside out of in case of non- 
 this state, the certificate of ownership shall be signed and re8ldent owner8 ‘ 
 delivered by the master of the boat as the owner thereof; 
 
 and in case of a change of the master of such boat, the new 
 
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 master shall sign a new and proper certificate of ownership 
 of said boat, and deliver the same to the toll-gatherer of 
 whom he shall first require a clearance, accompanied by a 
 like certificate from the inspector at Richmond, as is required 
 by the last preceding article. 
 
 Expiry of regis- 4 Every registry of a boat shall expire at the end of 
 three years from the date of the certificate thereof, and said 
 New registry, boat shall not afterwards be cleared again, until a new re- 
 gistry thereof shall have been effected in like manner as on 
 the first application for a clearance. 
 
 Register of boats. 5. The president and directors shall cause to be made a 
 
 register of all boats navigating the canal, which shall be 
 kept with the books and papers in the secretary’s office, and 
 be open to inspection during office hours. 
 
 Register, how 6 . If any person or persons, residing within the state and 
 claiming to be the owner or owners of a registered boat by 
 a transfer from its former owner or owners, shall produce 
 and deliver to the toll-gatherer at whose office the said boat 
 was last registered, due proof of such transfer, and a “ Cer- 
 tificate of change of ownership,” signed by such claimant 
 or claimants, and accompanied by a certificate from the in- 
 spector at Richmond, such as is required by the 2d article, 
 the register of such boat shall be changed so as to corres- 
 pond with such certificate of change of ownership. 
 
 Duty of toii-ga- 7. Every toll-gatherer receiving a certificate of owner- 
 ship, or certificate of change of ownership, shall sign an 
 acknowledgment of the receipt thereof, and deliver the same 
 to the master of the boat, and shall without delay transmit 
 the certificate so received, to the office of the company. 
 
 Name and haii- 8. Neither the name nor the hailing place of any regis- 
 be ^chan ged° with- tered boat shall be changed without the order of the presi- 
 out authority. dent an q doctors, or of their authorized agent; and every 
 owner of a boat who shall, without such order, change its 
 name or hailing place from those stated in its certificate of 
 ownership then in force, and every master who shall report 
 such boat or apply for a clearance thereon at any toll-ga- 
 therer’s office by a different name or hailing place than those 
 Penalty. so stated, shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay to 
 the company the penalty of eighteen dollars, and the toll- 
 gatherer at whose office such boat shall have been reported, 
 or a clearance thereon applied for, is charged with the col- 
 lection of such penalty. 
 
 owners of boats. 9. The person or persons specified in its certificate of 
 ownership as the owner or owners of a boat, shall be deemed 
 in law the true owner or owners thereof, for all the pur- 
 poses of enforcing the collection of tolls, and the execution 
 of the rules and regulations for the navigation and mainte- 
 nance of the canal ; and . every boat or float navigating, or 
 remaining in, the canal or any of its basins or pools, toge- 
 
KANAWHA COMPANY. 
 
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 ther with all the component parts, furniture and tackle of 
 
 said boat or float, shall be liable for every penalty incurred Boats and floats 
 
 for a violation of said rules and regulations, by the owner, lies. 16 for pena1 ' 
 
 master, head man or any of the crew of said boat or float at 
 
 the time of such violation, and every such boat or float, 
 
 with all its component parts, furniture and tackle, may be 
 
 taken and sold under execution for the collection of such 
 
 penalty. 
 
 10. The president and directors shall cause to be trans- copy of registers 
 mitted from time to time to each of the several toll-gather- gatherers! t0 to11 " 
 ers, a certified copy of the register of boats in the secre- 
 tary’s office, and of the several changes made therein. 
 
 11. No two or more boats registered as having the same Name and imii- 
 
 hailing place, shall have the same name. mg place. 
 
 12. Every registered boat navigating the canal shall have to be painted on 
 its name and hailing place, corresponding with its certificate each boat ‘ 
 
 of registry then in force, painted in some conspicuous and 
 permanent part of the outside of said boat, in letters of at 
 least four inches in height. 
 
 GAUGE DOCKS AND INSPECTORS. 
 
 13. There shall be a gauge dock established at or near, Gauge docks, 
 and connected with, each toll-gatherer’s office, and gauge wieie * 
 docks established at such other points on the line as the 
 president and directors may designate ; of each of which inspectors, 
 gauge docks, an inspector, either special or ex officio , at the 
 discretion of the president and directors, shall have the 
 charge and management. 
 
 14. Each gauge dock shall be furnished by the inspector Gauge rods, 
 at Richmond, at the cost of the company, with a sufficient 
 number of gauge rods, of the description recommended by 
 
 the late William Lake, principal assistant engineer, (in his 
 “ Report on gauging docks,” published in the appendix to 
 the sixth annual report ;) all of which rods shall be gradu- 
 ated by the same scale. 
 
 GAUGING BOATS. 
 
 15. Every boat navigating the canal, and carrying freight what boats to be 
 (except river boats) shall immediately previous to its first when, 
 registry, and immediately before every renewal of its regis- 
 try after the same shall have expired, be taken into the 
 
 gauge dock at Richmond for the purpose of being gauged 
 or regauged by the inspector having charge thereof. 
 
 16. Every boat before entering said gauging dock for the Boats to be cicar- 
 purpose of being gauged, shall be cleared of every article gauged! 6 bein 8 
 on board except its fixtures, necessary furniture and tackle, 
 
 and of every person on board, and as nearly cleared of water 
 
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 Gauge plates to 
 be affixed on 
 boats. 
 
 Not to be dis- 
 turbed. 
 Penalty. 
 
 Boats, how 
 gauged. 
 
 Boats to be re- 
 gauged. 
 
 Boats may be re- 
 quired to be re- 
 gauged. 
 
 as is practicable with ordinary care and pains, and the in- 
 spector and his assistants shall use all possible vigilance to 
 see that this is done before the boat is gauged. And the 
 inspector shall have power to take up or perforate any por- 
 tion of the inside flooring of a boat for the purpose of as- 
 certaining whether or not there is water in said boat. 
 
 17. Previous to gauging the boat, the inspector shall affix 
 upon its upper and outer edges three pairs of metallic plates — 
 the two plates constituting a pair being placed on opposite 
 sides of the boat, and one pair being placed at the centre, 
 another forward and the other aft — on which plates the arms 
 of the gauge rods are to be placed both in gauging the boat 
 at first, and in ascertaining the weight of its cargo after- 
 wards. The position of these plates, or either of them, 
 shall on no account be changed ; and the master or owner 
 of any boat or float who shall suffer said plates to be re- 
 moved, or their position to be changed, shall forfeit and pay 
 to the company the penalty of eighteen dollars ; and the 
 toll-gatherer who shall first discover, or be informed that 
 the position of said plates, or either of them, has been 
 changed, is charged with the collection of said penalty. 
 
 18. The inspector at Richmond shall gauge and regauge 
 boats in the manner recommended in the report of Mr. Lake 
 mentioned in article 14, making a gauge register of the 
 readings of the indices of the gauging rods for each quarter 
 of a ton of the capacity of such boat or float, from 0 to 10, 
 and for each half ton from 10 to 20, and for each ton from 
 20 to the maximum tonnage of said boat or float, and stating 
 on said gauge register the accurate measure of the water in 
 said boat or float when so gauged. 
 
 19. It shall be the duty of the inspector at Richmond to 
 regauge, in the manner prescribed in the last preceding ar- 
 ticle, any boat or float, on application of the master or owner 
 thereof, and on payment by him to the said toll-gatherer, of 
 a sum hereafter to be fixed by the president and directors, 
 as a fee for such service. 
 
 20. Whenever an inspector shall have reason to believe 
 that the weight or condition of any freight boat navigating 
 the canal has been so changed that the use of the gauging 
 rods and its gauge-register indicate the weight of its cargo 
 to be materially less than the real weight thereof, he shall 
 require the master of said boat to take the same to the 
 gauge dock at Richmond to be regauged ; and immediately 
 give notice of such requisition to the several toll-gatherers 
 and superintendents of repairs — of whom, the former shall 
 refuse, afterwards, to clear said boat, and the latter shall 
 cause the lock-keepers to refuse to pass said boat through 
 their respective locks, (except for the purpose of complying 
 with such requisition,) until it shall have been regauged. 
 
KANAWHA COMPANY. 
 
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 The duty of regauging said boat shall be performed by the 
 inspector at Richmond, immediately on its arrival at his 
 gauging dock for that purpose. 
 
 21. The inspector at Richmond, on gauging or regauging copies of gauge 
 any boat or float, shall, without delay, make out and trans- genuSe 0 ^- 
 mit a certified copy of the gauge register thereof, with the spectors * 
 date of such gauging or regauging, to each of the other in- 
 spectors on the canal. 
 
 22. Whenever an inspector shall find any boat on the Boats not canai- 
 canal unfit for navigation, he shall give notice thereof to"° r iy ‘ 
 
 the several toll-gatherers and superintendents of repairs — 
 of whom, the former shall refuse, afterwards, to clear said 
 boat, and the latter shall cause the lock-keepers to refuse to 
 pass it through their respective locks. 
 
 BATTEAUX OR RIVER BOATS. 
 
 23. The president and directors are authorized to permit Batteaux may be 
 the use of batteaux or common river boats on the line of u&ed * 
 
 the improvement, for so long a time as, in their opinion, the 
 
 use of such boats shall be necessary for the accommodation 
 
 of the public, and under such special regulations as they 
 
 may think reasonable and proper ; and they are also autho- Shall be exempt 
 
 rized to exempt such boats from the regulations respecting reglstry ’ 
 
 the registry, naming and gauging of boats. 
 
 SHIPPING PROPERTY. 
 
 24. With a view to facilitate the inspection of cargoes, Lading to be ar- 
 the master of every boat or float navigating the canal and JScfiom® m * 
 carrying freight, shall at all times have the lading of his 
 
 boat or float so arranged that the portion thereof chargeable 
 with toll at a rate less than three cents per ton per mile, may 
 be conveniently seen and examined. 
 
 25. Shippers of property which is contained in bundles, Gross weight to 
 or in bags, crates, boxes or other vessels, shall be required bundles, e &c. 
 to mark thereon the true gross weight of the same. 
 
 BILLS OF LADING OR MANIFESTS. 
 
 26. Every master of a boat or float conveying property Bin of lading, 
 on the canal, shall, on receiving such property on board, 
 
 cause to be made out a true bill of lading or manifest of 
 such property, which shall be signed by himself and the 
 consignor of the property, and shall contain — 
 
 1. The name of the place on the canal (if at Rich- its contents, 
 mond, Scottsville or Lynchburg, otherwise the num- 
 ber of the milestone nearest to the place) at which 
 such property was shipped, and the place (or num- 
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 Bill of timber. 
 
 Its contents. 
 
 Bills of lading, 
 to whom shewn 
 
 To whom deli- 
 vered. 
 
 Penalty for not 
 delivering bill < 
 lading. 
 
 Penalty for de- 
 livering false bi! 
 of lading. 
 
 ber of the milestone nearest to the place) at which 
 it is to be discharged. 
 
 2. A specification of the species of property so shipped 
 by said consignor, and of the quantity and gross 
 weight of each species of said property. 
 
 27. Where, a float consists of a raft or tow of timber, the 
 person having charge of the same shall have in his posses- 
 sion a bill of said timber, answering to a bill of lading, 
 signed by himself and the consignor of said timber, and 
 stating the place or places at which said raft or tow, or any 
 portion or crib thereof, was put afloat on the canal, and the 
 place or places to which said timber shall be consigned or 
 is to be cleared, and specifying the number of sticks and 
 quantity of timber in each crib composing said raft or tow ; 
 and the various provisions in these regulations relative to 
 bills of lading, shall apply in all respects to said bills of 
 timber. 
 
 28. Every bill of lading in the possession of the master 
 of a boat or float shall be exhibited 
 
 1. To the toll-gatherer from whom a clearance for the 
 boat or float shall be required ; 
 
 2. To every other toll-gatherer and inspector at whose 
 office the boat or float arrives in the course of its 
 voyage, having on board the property manifested in 
 said bill of lading ; 
 
 3. To the keeper of every clearance lock through which 
 the boat or float shall pass, having said property on 
 board — 
 
 and at the close of the voyage, after the delivery of the 
 cargo, the said bill of lading shall be delivered to the toll- 
 gatherer next applied to for a clearance of the same boat. 
 
 29. Every master of a boat or float navigating the canal, 
 who shall omit to exhibit or deliver a bill of lading to any 
 toll-gatherer when required, shall forfeit and pay to the 
 company a penalty of eighteen dollars ; and the said toll- 
 gatherer is charged with the collection of such penalty. 
 
 30. Every person who shall sign, exhibit or deliver to 
 any toll-gatherer a false bill of lading, shall, for every such 
 offence, forfeit and pay to the company a penalty equal to 
 three times the toll on the omitted property for the whole 
 distance such property shall have been conveyed, or in- 
 tended, according to such bill of lading, to be conveyed on 
 the canal j and the toll-gatherer to whom such false bill of 
 lading shall be delivered, is charged with the collection of 
 such penalty. 
 
 INSPECTION. 
 
 Duty of shippers 31. Declaratory note. It is the duty of masters of boats 
 an masters. an q s hipp ers 0 f property to render, in their bills of lading, 
 
KANAWHA COMPANY. 
 
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 a true account of the species and weight of the property 
 received by the former and shipped by the latter ; and they 
 are responsible for the correctness of their bills of lading. 
 The object of inspection is not to aid shippers and boat- 
 masters in making out true bills of lading, but to detect 
 errors and falsehoods in them, if any, after they are made 
 out and delivered to the proper officer, with a view to pre- 
 vent frauds on the revenue of the company. 
 
 32. The master of a boat, having his lading for a voyage 
 on board, shall take his boat into the gauge dock connected 
 with the office of the toll-gatherer to whom he is about to 
 apply for a clearance, and deliver to the inspector having 
 charge of said dock, all his bills of lading. 
 
 33. The inspector, on receiving said bills of lading, shall 
 ascertain by actual view whether the various articles mani- 
 fested therein, which are chargeable with toll at a rate less 
 than three cents per ton per mile, are all on board. If the 
 cargo is not so arranged as to facilitate this examination, (as 
 required by article 24,) he shall require the master of the 
 boat, at his own expense, to unlade and reship the said 
 cargo, promptly, in whole or in part, as may be necessary 
 for the purpose of inspection. If the master refuses to 
 comply with this requisition, he shall forfeit and pay to the 
 company a penalty of eighteen dollars, to be collected by 
 the toll-gatherer with whose office the said gauge dock is 
 connected, and the inspector shall himself overhaul or un- 
 lade the cargo, in whole or in part, as may be necessary for 
 the purpose aforesaid. 
 
 If on such examination the inspector shall find missing 
 any manifested article chargeable with toll at a rate less 
 than three cents per ton per mile, he shall note the fact on 
 the bill of lading in which it is manifested. If he shall 
 find on board any article not contained in any bill of lading, 
 he shall inform the toll-gatherer of the fact, in writing. 
 
 He shall also, by the use of his gauge rods and the gauge 
 register of the boat, ascertain the actual weight of the 
 cargo, and endorse a certificate of the same on a blank 
 clearance ; but in no instance shall he disclose said weight 
 to the master or any of the crew of the boat. 
 
 He shall then deliver to the toll-gatherer with his own 
 hands the blank clearance so endorsed, together with the 
 several bills of lading, and written information of the pe- 
 nalty, if any, incurred by the master under this article, or 
 enclosing them under lock and key in a small portable box 
 to which the toll-gatherer has also a key, he shall send them 
 to the toll-gatherer by a messenger other than the master or 
 any of the crew of the boat ; and thereupon shall dismiss 
 the boat from the gauge dock. 
 
 34. The master of a boat carrying freight, on arriving in 
 the course of his voyage at a gauge dock, shall without de- 
 
 Object of inspec- 
 tion. 
 
 Loaded boats to 
 be taken to gauge 
 
 Bills of lading 
 to be delivered 
 to inspector. 
 
 Inspector’s du- 
 ties. 
 
 Shall compare 
 cargo with bills 
 of lading. 
 
 Shall require 
 cargo to be ar- 
 ranged for in- 
 spection. 
 
 Penalty for re- 
 fusal. 
 
 Shall note mis- 
 sing articles. 
 
 Shall ascertain 
 weight of cargo. 
 
 Shall deliver 
 boat’s papers to 
 toll-gatherer. 
 
 Loaded boats 
 shall go into 
 every gauge 
 dock. 
 
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 lay take his boat into said dock for the purpose of having 
 the cargo inspected, and shall deliver all his boat’s papers 
 Penalty. to the inspector ; and for failure to do so, he shall forfeit 
 and pay to the company the penalty of eighteen dollars, 
 with the collection of which the toll-gatherer at, or nearest 
 to, that place, is charged. 
 
 inspectors shall 35. The inspector on receiving said papers, shall examine 
 bills of lading by the cargo, and ascertain whether it corresponds with the 
 Arrangement of bills of lading so delivered to him. If the cargo is not so 
 cargo or mspec- arran g e( j as t0 f ac iiit a te this examination (as required by ar- 
 ticle 24), he shall require the master of the boat, at his own 
 expense, to unlade and reship the said cargo, promptly, in 
 whole or in part as may be necessary for the purpose of in- 
 Penaity for refu- spection. If the master refuses to comply with this requi- 
 sition, he shall forfeit and pay to the company a penalty of 
 eighteen dollars, to be collected by the toll-gatherer at or 
 nearest to that place, and the inspector shall himself over- 
 haul and unlade the cargo in whole or in part as may be 
 necessary for the purpose aforesaid ; and also, without de- 
 lay, notify the nearest toll-gatherer of the penalty thus in- 
 curred by the master. 
 
 Missing articles If on such examination the inspector shall find missing 
 to be noted. an y manifested article chargeable with toll at a rate less 
 than three cents per ton per mile, he shall note the fact on 
 the bill of lading in which it is manifested, 
 weight of cargo He shall also, by means of his gauge rods and the gauge- 
 register of the boat, ascertain the actual weight of the cargo, 
 and endorse a certificate of the same on the clearance, if 
 any, or if there is no clearance, then on a blank clearance. 
 Boat’s papers to Then, in case the said gauge dock is connected with a 
 toii-gatherer . 10 toll-gatherer’s office, the inspector, without disclosing the 
 actual weight of the cargo to the master or any of the crew 
 of the boat, shall either deliver all the boat’s papers (inclu- 
 sive of the blank clearance endorsed as aforesaid, if any,) 
 to the toll-gatherer with his own hand, or enclose them 
 under lock and key in a small portable box to which the 
 toll-gatherer has also a key, and send them to the toll-ga- 
 therer by a messenger other than the master or any of the 
 crew of the boat ; and thereupon shall dismiss the boat 
 from the gauge dock. 
 
 inspector’s duty But in case the said gauge dock is not connected with a 
 toll-gatherer. no toll-gatherer’s office, then the inspector shall compute the 
 amount of tonnage called for by the boat’s papers, by ad- 
 ding to the actual weight of the cargo, if any, cleared at the 
 commencement of the voyage, the aggregate weight of the 
 property subsequently taken on board as manifested in the 
 bills of lading of the same, and deducting the weight of 
 the articles already delivered in the course of the voyage ; 
 and if the excess of the actual tonnage, as ascertained by 
 the gauge rods and gauge register, over such computed ton- 
 
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 nage, does not amount to one per cent, upon the weight of 
 the cargo, he shall take no account of the difference. But shall collect toil 
 if such excess shall amount to one per cent, or more on the on ovei welght * 
 weight of the cargo, he shall require the master of the boat 
 to pay toll therefor at the highest rate per ton per mile in 
 the tariff of tolls, for the whole extent of the voyage, and 
 having received it, he shall receipt the same on the clear- 
 ance. He shall also require the master of the boat to pay And on missing 
 toll at the highest rate in the tariff of tolls, for the whole artlcles > &c * 
 extent of the voyage, on the weight of all articles charge- 
 able with toll at a rate less than three cents per ton per 
 mile, which are called for by the bills of lading but are not 
 on board (deducting, however, the tolls already paid on said 
 articles), and shall give a receipt therefor on the clearance. 
 
 Moreover, if, by the boat’s papers, all the property on Toil on unciear- 
 board is to be discharged short of the next toll-gatherer’s when°to r be paid 
 office in the direction of the voyage, the inspector shall re- t0 lns P ector - 
 quire toll on all property and passengers on board not al- 
 ready cleared, to be paid to himself, and he shall take in 
 the original clearance and issue to the master a certified 
 copy thereof with a receipt for all moneys paid to him by 
 the master, endorsed thereon. 
 
 But if, by the boat’s papers, any portion of the cargo is inspector’s ticket 
 destined to be carried as far as the next toll-gatherer’s office sued? t0 be ls ’ 
 in the direction of the voyage, he shall enter in a register 
 all the articles and passengers on board not already cleared, 
 and issue to the master an inspector’s ticket therefor, in a 
 form to be furnished by the secretary of the company. If inspector’s ticket 
 on a previous voyage of the boat he shall have issued to age, p to be°return- 
 the master an inspector’s ticket, and the said boat shall ed - 
 have been subsequently at a place where there is a toll-ga- 
 therer’s office, the inspector shall require such ticket to be 
 returned to him, endorsed with a toll-gatherer’s receipt for 
 the toll on the property and passengers mentioned therein, 
 or a certified copy of said ticket and of the endorsed re- 
 ceipt, issued by a clearance lock-keeper. 
 
 When the master of the boat shall have complied with inspector’s per- 
 all the regulations applicable to his case, the inspector, re- mit * 
 taining the original clearance when it is required to be 
 taken in as above provided, shall return to the master the 
 residue of the boat’s papers, together with a permit to pass 
 the locks, issued by himself, and thereupon shall dismiss 
 said boat from the gauge dock. 
 
 36. The inspectors shall have power, whenever it is ne- inspectors may 
 cessary, to detain boats long enough to afford an opportunity ( ‘ am ° a H ’ c ‘ 
 to inspect their cargoes by daylight. 
 
 37. At the close of every month, each inspector shall inspectors shall 
 transmit all the tolls and other moneys of the company col- 5tc?t™ton?ga- 
 lected by him during the month, together with a statement therer * 
 
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 And papers to 
 the secretary. 
 
 Where located. 
 
 Certificates, defi- 
 nition of. 
 
 Kinds of. 
 
 Primary certifi- 
 cate, contents of. 
 
 shewing from whom and for what they have been collected, 
 to the toll-gatherer at Richmond, taking his receipt there- 
 for ; and at the same time he shall transmit to the secretary 
 all the clearances, inspector’s tickets and bills of lading 
 taken in by him during the month. 
 
 toll-gatherers’ offices. 
 
 38. There shall be a toll-gatherer’s office at Richmond, 
 at Lynchburg, and at such other points on the canal as the 
 president and directors shall designate. 
 
 CERTIFICATES AND CLEARANCES. 
 
 39. A certificate is a statement of the cargo or part of the 
 cargo of a freight boat for a particular voyage on the canal, 
 made up by a toll-gatherer from its papers received from the 
 inspector, (as provided in articles 33 and 35,) and from the 
 master’s way-bill of passengers, recorded in a certificate book 
 kept in a toll-gatherer’s office, and attested by the signature 
 of the master or head man of the boat. 
 
 Certificates are of two kinds, primary and supplemen- 
 tary. 
 
 40. A primary certificate is one that is made up at the 
 commencement of a new voyage of a freight boat, and con- 
 tains : 
 
 1. A memorandum of the toll-gatherer’s office at which 
 it is made ; the number of the certificate, (in a series 
 embracing both kinds of certificates, commencing 
 with the first and ending with the last day of each 
 year;) the name of the boat and its hailing place, 
 (corresponding with its registry, if a registered boat,) 
 and the name of the master thereof for that voyage, 
 or the name of the owner and head man, if a river 
 boat. 
 
 2. A specification, in tabular form, of the quantity and 
 manifested weight of each species of freight on 
 board, the place where each portion was shipped 
 and where it is to be discharged, the distance which 
 it is to be carried, the rate of toll chargeable, and 
 the amount of tolls due thereon. 
 
 3. The footing of the column of the certificate con- 
 taining the manifested weights of the several arti- 
 cles which compose the cargo, as made up from the 
 bills of lading. 
 
 4. An entry of the actual weight of the cargo as ascer- 
 tained and certified by the inspector, and of the ex- 
 cess, if any, of the actual weight over the footing 
 of the column of manifested weights aforesaid. 
 
KANAWHA COMPANY. 
 
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 5. An entry of such excess, (if amounting to one per 
 cent, on the footing of the column of manifested 
 weights aforesaid,) charged with tolls at the highest 
 rate in the tarilf of tolls, for the whole length of 
 the voyage. 
 
 6. An entry of all articles contained in any of the bills 
 of lading, but found by the inspector to be not on 
 board, charged, by their manifested weight, with toll 
 at the highest rate in the tariff of tolls, for the whole 
 length of the voyage, less the toll with which they 
 may have been already charged according to the 
 bills of lading. 
 
 7. An entry of the number of persons, if any, who 
 shall have taken passage on the boat for that voyage, 
 of the aggregate number of miles which they are to 
 be carried, and the rate and amount of toll charge- 
 able thereon. 
 
 8. The footing of the column of amounts of tolls, shew- 
 ing the aggregate amount to be paid to the toll-ga- 
 therer before the boat can be cleared. 
 
 9. A note at the bottom, or in the margin, stating the 
 number of bills of lading from which the certificate 
 is made up. 
 
 10. The signature of the master or head man of the 
 boat. 
 
 41. A supplementary certificate is one that is made up bv supplementary 
 
 i if /--ii • . 1 . J certificate, con- 
 
 the toll-gatherer at whose office a freight boat arrives in the tents of. 
 course or at the close of its voyage, having freight and pas- 
 sengers on board not already cleared, and contains : 
 
 1. A memorandum of the toll-gatherer’s office and date 
 at which it is made ; the number of the certificate, 
 
 (in a series embracing both kinds of certificates, 
 commencing with the first and ending with the last 
 day of each year ; ) the name of the boat and its hail- 
 ing place, (corresponding with its registry, if a regis- 
 tered boat,) and the name of the master thereof for 
 that voyage, or the name of the owner and head 
 man, if a river boat. 
 
 2. A specification, in tabular form, of the quantity and 
 manifested weight of each species of property on 
 board not already cleared, the place where each por- 
 tion was shipped and where it was, or is to be, deli- 
 vered, the distance which it was, or is to be, carried, 
 the rate of toll chargeable, and the amount of tolls 
 due thereon. 
 
 3. The footing of the column of the certificate con- 
 taining the manifested weights of the several arti- 
 cles entered in the certificate, as manifested in the 
 bills of lading, and a computation of the weight of 
 
JAMES RIVER AND 
 
 the cargo by adding to said footing the actual weight 
 of the cargo cleared at the commencement of the 
 voyage, and deducting the weight of the articles al- 
 ready delivered in the course of the voyage. 
 
 4. An entry of the actual weight of the cargo as ascer- 
 tained and certified by the inspector, and of the ex- 
 cess, if any, of the actual over the computed weight 
 found as above. 
 
 5. An entry of such excess, (if amounting to one per 
 cent, on the computed weight of the cargo,) charged 
 with tolls at the highest rate in the tariff of tolls, 
 for the whole length of the voyage. 
 
 6. An entry of all articles contained in any of the bills 
 of lading, but found by the inspector to be not on 
 on board, charged (provided they have not already 
 been so charged,) by their manifested weight, with 
 toll at the highest rate in the tariff of tolls, for the 
 whole length of the voyage, less the toll with which 
 they may have been already charged according to 
 the bills of lading. 
 
 7. An entry of the number of persons, if any, who 
 shall have taken passage on said boat since it was 
 cleared at the commencement of the voyage, of the 
 aggregate number of miles which they have been, 
 or are to be, carried, and the rate and amount of toll 
 chargeable thereon. 
 
 8. The footing of the column of amounts of tolls, shew- 
 ing the aggregate amount to be paid to the toll-ga- 
 therer before the boat can be allowed to proceed on 
 her voyage, or unlade any portion of her cargo, or 
 to make a return voyage. 
 
 9. A note at the bottom, or in the margin, stating the 
 number of bills of lading, inspector’s tickets, and 
 clearance lock-tickets, from which the certificate is 
 made up. 
 
 10. The signature of the master or head man of the 
 boat. 
 
 42. A clearance is a specification of the cargo or part of 
 the cargo of a boat, and a receipt for the tolls thereon. It 
 is a transcript from the certificate of the same cargo or part 
 of the cargo, with certain necessary changes in the caption, 
 and with the omission of the master’s signature. It is to 
 be made on a separate piece of paper, (that is to say, on the 
 “ blank clearance”) endorsed with the inspector’s certificate 
 of the actual weight of the cargo, or of the part of the 
 cargo, for which the clearance is made out, (as provided in 
 articles 33 and 35,) and must have the toll-gatherer’s receipt 
 subjoined, for the aggregate amount of tolls due thereon. 
 
KANAWHA COMPANY. 
 
 17 
 
 A clearance is either primary or supplementary , corres- Kinds of. 
 ponding with the certificate of which it is a transcript ; but 
 a supplementary clearance is never to be issued after the 
 close of a voyage, and can only be issued by a toll-gatherer 
 whose office is situated at some point on the canal other 
 than at one extremity thereof. 
 
 43. No clearance shall be issued by a toll-gatherer until Not.tobe^ssued 
 the aggregate amount of tolls therein stated, shall have been 
 
 paid to him. 
 
 44. No clearance shall be granted to any canal boat, un- ^ 0 ° a r t t jg 1 r e e S g i g he 
 less the toll-gatherer of whom it is required shall have evi- tered ; 
 dence that such boat is duly registered ; nor shall any such And has its name 
 boat receive a clearance, or be permitted to pass on the canal, side ; 
 unless it shall have its name and hailing place painted on it 
 
 as required by article 12. 
 
 45. No boat shall be cleared until its cargo and bills of Nor unless cargo, 
 lading shall have been examined, and the weight of itsspected. 
 cargo ascertained by the inspector as provided in these regu- 
 lations. 
 
 46. Each boat or float navigating the canal shall have a separate clear- 
 separate clearance, and every toll-gatherer is required to give n 
 
 a separate clearance for every boat or float clearing at his 
 office. 
 
 COLLECTION OF TOLLS AND CLEARANCE OF BOATS. 
 
 47. At the commencement of a boaVs voyage. The toll- Ton gatherer’s 
 
 ^ t duties 
 
 gatherer, having received a boat’s papers from the inspector, 
 with his certificates and notes thereon, as provided in arti- 
 cle 33, and having also received from the master his inspec- 
 tor’s tickets, clearance lock tickets and bills of lading for 
 the previous voyage, if any, and a way-bill of the number 
 of persons who have taken passage on his boat for the in- 
 tended voyage, with the aggregate number of miles which 
 they are to be carried, and being satisfied that all the pre- 
 requisites to the clearance of said boat have been complied 
 with, shall proceed to make up a primary certificate of the Primary certifi- 
 
 7 t ^ # * * # cate when to he 
 
 cargo in his certificate book in manner and form prescribed made up. 
 in article 40, which certificate shall be signed by the master 
 of the boat for the intended voyage. This being done, and Primaiy^ciear- ^ 
 the toll-gatherer having received the amount of tolls due issued, 
 by said certificate, he shall issue a primary clearance of the 
 boat as described in article 42, and thereupon, having marked 
 upon each of the papers from which the certificate is made 
 up, the number of such certificate, and the place where it 
 is so made up, he shall return the same to the master of the Boat’s papers, 
 boat, with the inspector’s tickets and clearance lock tickets, when relurued ' 
 if any, for the previous voyage, endorsed with his receipt 
 for the toll due on the property and passengers embraced 
 3 
 
18 
 
 JAMES RIVER AND 
 
 Penalty for fai- 
 lure. 
 
 Toll-gatherer’s 
 
 duties. 
 
 Supplementary 
 certificate, when 
 
 therein, and the number of the certificate in which said toll 
 was included. 
 
 Arrival of loaded 48. In the course or at the close of a boat’s voyage. 
 ed a totoi b i e gather-’ Within twenty-four hours after a freight boat with freight 
 en on board shall have passed the clearance lock next previous, 
 
 in the course of the voyage, to its arrival at a toll-gatherer’s 
 office, and previous to the unlading of any portion of the 
 cargo, the master of the boat shall report its arrival at said 
 office ; and for failure to do so, he shall forfeit and pay to 
 the company a penalty of fifty dollars, with the collection 
 of which the toll-gatherer is charged. 
 
 The toll-gatherer having received the boat’s papers from 
 the inspector, as provided in article 35, and having also re- 
 ceived from the master of the boat a way-bill of the num- 
 ber of persons who shall have been taken on board of said 
 boat as passengers in the course of the voyage, and not sta- 
 ted in the boat’s clearance, if any, with the aggregate num- 
 ber of miles which they have been, or are to be carried, 
 shall proceed to make up from said papers a supplementary 
 to be made up. certificate in manner and form prescribed in article 41, in- 
 cluding the freight and passengers stated in the inspector’s 
 tickets and clearance lock tickets, if any ; which certificate 
 Number of certi- shall be attested by the signature of the master. He shall 
 ed a on boat e ’™pa^" also mark on all the papers from which the certificate is made 
 pers * up, the number of said certificate and the place where it is 
 
 so made up. 
 
 This being done, and the toll-gatherer having received 
 the aggregate amount of tolls shewn by said certificate to 
 be due, he shall retain the primary clearance, and return to 
 the master the residue of the boat’s papers, having first en- 
 dorsed on the inspector’s ticket and clearance lock ticket, if 
 any, a certificate that the toll on the freight and passengers 
 mentioned therein, respectively, has been paid, with a note 
 of the amount of such toll and the number of the certifi- 
 cate in which it is included : Provided , however , That if 
 the boat is to proceed on beyond said toll-gatherer’s office, 
 the toll-gatherer shall also issue to the master a supplemen- 
 tary clearance as described in article 42, together with a 
 certified copy of the primary clearance retained as aforesaid. 
 
 49. In charging toll for the distance which articles are 
 transported on the canal, all fractions of a mile under one 
 half, shall be rejected, and all fractions over a half mile shall 
 be rejected and only the half mile charged. 
 
 50. Whenever different articles are packed in a hogshead, 
 box, crate, bag or other vessel, without being particularly 
 designated by name in the bill of lading, they shall be 
 charged with toll at the highest rate in the tariff of tolls. 
 
 51. Every toll-gatherer shall, whenever requested, give a 
 ' certified copy of any clearance issued by him, or on file in 
 
 Primary clear- 
 ance, when to be 
 taken in. 
 
 Supplementary 
 clearance, when 
 to be issued. 
 
 Fractions under a 
 half mile. 
 
 Toll on articles 
 packed in ves- 
 sels, &c. 
 
 Copy of clear- 
 ance to be given 
 
KANAWHA COMPANY. 
 
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 his office, with the endorsements thereon, or of any certifi- 
 cate in his certificate book ; for which he shall be entitled Fees therefor, 
 to demand and receive from the person applying for the 
 same such sum as the president and directors may hereafter 
 determine ; and such certified copy shall have the same va- 
 lidity and effect as the original clearance or certificate of 
 which it is a copy. 
 
 52. No property cleared to any point on the canal shall Property not to be 
 
 _ •' r carried further 
 
 be transported beyond that point; and the master ot any than it is ciear- 
 boat violating this prohibition, shall, for every such viola- penalty, 
 tion, forfeit and pay to the company a penalty equal to three 
 times the amount of the toll on said property for the dis- 
 tance which it is so transported beyond the point to which 
 it was cleared, and the toll-gatherer who shall first be cog- 
 nizant of said violation, is charged with the collection of 
 such penalty. 
 
 53. When the destination of any property transported on Property of 
 the canal shall depend upon a contingency at the time of tion. u 
 its shipment, the bill of lading shall be made out for the 
 
 farthest point to which it may possibly be carried. And if Toils thereon to 
 previous to its discharge the boat or float transporting it Siest^oint? 1 ’ 
 shall arrive at a place where, by these regulations the tolls 
 on such property are required to be paid, they shall be paid 
 to such farthest possible point of destination ; and if a clear- 
 ance be taken thereon, it shall be to such point ; but if such But may be re- 
 property be discharged short of said point, the toll-gatherer funded ’ &c * 
 who shall have received said toll is authorized to refund the 
 same for the distance such property was paid for but not 
 transported : Provided , That a satisfactory affidavit or affi- 
 davits of the facts shall be delivered to him, to be placed 
 on file with the voucher for the toll refunded. 
 
 54. Whenever, in consequence of injury received, or of Tolls, when to 
 the navigation being obstructed by ice or other cause, a berefunded - 
 boat or float shall be unable to proceed to the point to which 
 
 it shall have been cleared, the toll-gatherer next in order to- 
 wards such point, is authorized to refund the toll for the dis- 
 tance cleared and not navigated : Provided , That the ori- 
 ginal clearance of said boat or float shall be surrendered, 
 and a satisfactory affidavit or affidavits of the facts be deli- 
 vered to him to be placed on file with the voucher for the 
 toll refunded. 
 
 55. Each toll-gatherer, on receiving, officially, any tolls Toils, fees, re- 
 collected by other officers, or any penalties, fees or other JnteS insert?- 6 
 moneys of the company other than tolls, shall make an en- ficate book8, 
 try of the same in his certificate book, stating the amount 
 received, and at what date, from whom, and on what ac- 
 count it was received. 
 
 56. The tolls, penalties, forfeitures and fees received by naiiy deposites 
 each toll-gatherer each day, shall be daily deposited by him quired' 9 ’ &c ' re * 
 
20 
 
 JAMES RIVER AND 
 
 to the credit of the company, with the Bank or Branch 
 Bank of Virginia at the place where his office is situated, if 
 there be such bank or branch bank at that place ; if not, 
 they shall be deposited with such other bank, individual, or 
 commercial house at said place, as the president and direc- 
 tors may designate. 
 
 by e t e on- y gathe!rers. ^7. On the 8th, 15th, 23d and last days of each month, 
 (or on the Saturday previous when either of said days is 
 Sunday,) each toll-gatherer shall transmit to the secretary of 
 the company (by mail if at a distance) a return of his daily 
 collections and deposites of tolls, penalties, &c. since his 
 next previous return. 
 
 fo e be^emrned°to -^ ac h toll-gatherer out of Richmond, whenever he 
 
 company’s office, shall have filled a certificate hook with certificates, shall, 
 without unnecessary delay thereafter, transmit the same to 
 the secretary of the company. 
 
 ^toS^aSerers ^ ^ c ^ ose °f ever y month, each toll-gatherer shall 
 
 by toii-gat erers - t rans mit to the secretary of the company, without delay, 
 
 First , A classified statement of the aggregate amount 
 of tolls received by him during the month, and of the ton- 
 nage on which it was received, under each rate of toll in 
 the tariff; and to enable him to do so promptly, he shall 
 keep a daily register in a tabular form, of such tolls and 
 tonnage : 
 
 Second , A monthly abstract, in a tabular form, setting 
 forth the number of each certificate (marked P. or S. ac- 
 cording as such certificate is primary or supplementary) 
 made up in his office each day during the month, the name 
 and hailing place of the canal boat, or the names of the 
 owner and head man of the river boat for which said cer- 
 tificate is made up ; the names of the places from and to 
 which it was bound ; and the tonnage of the cargo and toll 
 thereon, arranged in columns under the heads of “ down- 
 loads” and “ up-loads:” 
 
 Third , A monthly account of his daily collections of 
 tolls, penalties and fees, and daily deposites or disburse- 
 ments, if any, of the same, during the month : 
 
 Fourth , All the clearances, bills of lading, way-bills of 
 passengers, and monthly statements of passengers taken in 
 by him during the month, and copies of all the supplemen- 
 tary certificates made up by him during the month, where 
 corresponding clearances have not been issued by him. 
 
 CLEARANCE LOCKS. 
 
 Definition. 60. The second lock in either direction from a toll-ga- 
 
 therer’s office, except in case of a special order of the pre- 
 sident and directors, shall be called a clearance lock , and the 
 keeper thereof a clearance lock-keeper . 
 
KANAWHA COMPANY, 
 
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 61. No freight boat bound from the nearest toll-gatherer’s when not to be 
 office, shall pass a clearance lock until the master shall have fr e S aranre. th0Ut 
 exhibited to the keeper thereof a clearance, embracing all 
 
 the property and passengers on board. 
 
 62. On the arrival, at a clearance lock, of a freight boat Boat’s papers to 
 bound towards the nearest toll-gatherer’s office, the master keeper! 1 e 
 shall exhibit all the boat’s papers to the keeper of said lock ; 
 
 and if there be any property or passengers on board not 
 already cleared or included in an inspector’s ticket, the 
 clearance lock-keeper shall enter the same in his register, 
 and issue to the master a clearance lock ticket in a form to be clearance lock 
 furnished by the secretary of the company ; and if there be tIC et * 
 among the papers an inspector’s ticket, he shall note the fact 
 on his register, and thereupon permit the boat to pass his 
 lock ; and on the return voyage of the boat, the clearance Requisites on re- 
 lock-keeper, before permitting it to pass his lock, shall re- boat. voyage ° f a 
 quire the said clearance lock ticket to be returned to him 
 endorsed with a toll-gatherer’s certificate, that the toll on all 
 the property and passengers mentioned therein has been 
 paid, and stating the number of the certificate in which said 
 property, passengers and toll are included ; and, in case there 
 was also an inspector’s ticket for any portion of the cargo, 
 then on said return voyage the clearance lock-keeper shall 
 require the same to be delivered to him endorsed with a toll- 
 gatherer’s certificate, such as is above required on a clearance 
 lock ticket ; and retaining such inspector’s ticket, he shall 
 issue to the master a certified copy of the same, and of the 
 toll-gatherer’s certificate aforesaid, endorsed thereon. 
 
 63. At the close of every month, each clearance lock- Tickets to be re- 
 keeper shall transmit to the secretary of the company all tary monthly?" 
 the clearance lock tickets and inspector’s tickets which shall 
 
 have been taken in by him during the month. 
 
 TOLL ON PASSENGERS. 
 
 64. All persons carried one mile or more on a boat navi- Passengers, 
 gating the canal, except the master and crew of the boat 
 
 for the time, shall be deemed passengers on said boat. All passengers sub- 
 such passengers, except officers, agents and labourers of the JLCt t0 loH ' 
 company necessarily travelling in its service, and children 
 under five years of age, shall be subject to the toll pre- 
 scribed by the tariff of tolls, payable by the master of the 
 boat, ttj 3 By the term passengers , when used in these 
 regulations elsewhere than in this section, are meant pas- 
 sengers so subject to toll. 
 
 65. All boats in respect to their passengers, and the pay- classification of 
 ment of tolls thereon, shall be divided into the following l pass t 2ngcl-s. ,n8 
 classes : 
 
 1 . Manifesting boats , being all such as do not belong 
 to the 2d and 3d classes. 
 
22 
 
 JAMES RIVER AND 
 
 Way bills of 
 passengers. 
 
 To whom exhi- 
 bited and deli- 
 vered. 
 
 Toll on passen- 
 gers how, when 
 and to whom 
 paid. 
 
 Penalties. 
 
 What boats may 
 belong to the 
 class. 
 
 Certificate of 
 election. 
 
 2. Monthly-stating boats , being those whose masters 
 are entitled to settle the tolls on the passengers car- 
 ried thereon, by monthly statements of such passen- 
 gers at the close of each month. 
 
 3. Commuting boats , being those freight boats whose 
 masters or owners may hereafter commute for the 
 tolls on the passengers carried thereon, by the pay- 
 ment of a specified toll on the boats themselves. 
 
 Manifesting Boats. 
 
 66. The master of every manifesting boat, on receiving 
 passengers on board, shall enter in a manifest or way-bill, 
 their names, (discriminating such as are chargeable with dif- 
 ferent rates of toll,) the places of their embarkation and de- 
 barkation, and the distances which they are to be respec- 
 tively carried. He shall exhibit this way-bill to the toll- 
 gatherer clearing his boat, and to the several inspectors, 
 clearance lock-keepers and other toll-gatherers on the line, 
 and, after the close of the voyage, deliver it to the toll-ga- 
 therer to whom he next applies for a clearance. He shall 
 pay the prescribed toll on the passengers carried on his boat 
 to the same officers, at the same times, and in the same 
 manner as by these regulations he is required to pay toll on 
 property under like circumstances shipped and conveyed on 
 his boat. And for failure to exhibit or deliver a way-bill of 
 his passengers to a toll-gatherer when required, or for the 
 exhibition or delivery to a toll-gatherer, of a false way-bill 
 of his passengers, he shall be subject to the same penalty, 
 to be collected by the same officer, as is prescribed in these 
 regulations in the cases of an omission to exhibit or deliver 
 a bill of lading of property to a toll-gatherer when required, 
 and of the exhibition or delivery to a toll-gatherer of a false 
 bill of lading of property. 
 
 Monthly-stating Boats. 
 
 67. A boat which is intended to navigate the canal day 
 and night, or which belongs to any regular line of packet 
 or freight boats, may be a monthly-stating boat. To con- 
 stitute it such, its master or owner, if it does not belong to 
 a line, or the owner or agent of the line to which it be- 
 longs, shall deliver to some toll-gatherer on the canal, a cer- 
 tificate of election signed by such master, owner or agent ; 
 which certificate shall state that the said boat is to navigate 
 the canal day and night, or belongs to a certain regular line 
 of packet or freight boats (designated by name), as the case 
 may be, that the party executing such certificate, elects to 
 settle for tolls on passengers by monthly statements, and 
 
KANAWHA COMPANY. 
 
 23 
 
 that the master of said boat will make to a designated toll- 
 gatherer ( whose office shall be on the part of the canal where 
 the boat is intended principally to run) monthly statements 
 of the passengers carried on said boat, and pay tolls thereon 
 to said toll-gatherer. 
 
 68. The toll-gatherer to whom such certificate shall be Receipt of certi- 
 delivered, shall give to the master, owner or agent deliver- knowiedged. 
 ing it, a written acknowledgment of the receipt thereof, 
 
 signed by himself, and stating the toll-gatherer’s office to 
 which such certificate shews that the monthly- statements 
 of passengers on said boat are to be made ; and he shall certificate to be 
 forthwith transmit to the secretary of the company the cer- sent t0 secretary * 
 tificate so delivered to him. 
 
 69. The master ef every monthly-stating boat shall, im- Monthly state- 
 mediately after the close of each month, deliver to the toll- ™ e r ” ts of passen 
 gatherer designated in the certificate of election for such 
 
 boat, (and to none other, unless by special permission from 
 the president and directors,) a statement of all the passen- 
 gers carried on said boat during said month, with the dis- 
 tance they were respectively carried, (and, if hereafter re- 
 quired by the president and directors, the places of their 
 respective embarkation and debarkation,) and shall verify 
 such statement under oath, to be administered by some pro- 
 perly qualified officer, and at the same time shall pay to the Toils due there- 
 said toll-gatherer the prescribed tolls due on said passen- on t0 b ° paid * 
 gers ; or, in case no passenger shall have been carried on Affidavit if no 
 said boat during said month, the master thereof shall pre- H. engers car - 
 sent to the said toll-gatherer an affidavit of the fact, sworn 
 to before some properly qualified officer. 
 
 70. If different persons have been masters of the same statements or af- 
 monthly-stating boat for different portions of the same ent masters, 
 month, each of them shall furnish a statement of passen- 
 gers carried, or an affidavit if no passengers carried, (as the 
 
 case may be,) and pay the tolls, if any, on the passengers 
 carried on said boat during such portion of said month as 
 he was master of said boat. 
 
 71. The master of every monthly-stating boat who shall Penalty for not 
 not, within ten days after the close of a month, deliver to moiTiy ftate- 
 the proper toll-gatherer the verified statement or affidavit ment or affidavit * 
 required by articles 69 and 70, or pay to him the tolls due 
 
 on the passengers carried on his boat during said month, 
 shall forfeit and pay to the company a penalty of one hun- 
 dred dollars, to be collected by said toll-gatherer ; and it 
 shall moreover be in the option of the president and direc- 
 tors, by resolution, not only to prohibit said boat from re- 
 ceiving a clearance and navigating the canal until such 
 statement or affidavit be presented and such tolls paid, but 
 to deprive said boat, and the line of boats to which it may 
 belong, of the privilege of settling tolls on passengers by 
 
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 JAMES RIVER AND 
 
 What boats may, 
 and may not 
 commute. 
 
 The commuta- 
 tion. 
 
 Commutation 
 bond to be given. 
 
 Form of, for sin- 
 gle boat. 
 
 monthly statements, and thereby to place said boat and line 
 of boats in the class of manifesting boats. 
 
 [SE5 3 Whenever the state of travel on the line shall , in 
 the estimation of the president and directors , make it expe- 
 dient to introduce a system of commutation of the tolls pay- 
 able upon passengers in freight boats for equivalent tolls 
 to be levied in lieu thereof upon the boats themselves , the 
 following shall be the regulations in relation to such com- 
 mutation :] 
 
 Commuting Boats. 
 
 72. The privilege of commuting for tolls on passengers 
 shall not extend to packet boats, or boats chiefly used for 
 the transportation of passengers, and shall include only 
 such boats as are used chiefly for the transportation of pro- 
 perty, but have accommodations for the carriage of passen- 
 gers, as incidental to their business of carrying freight. No 
 boat belonging to any line of boats shall be allowed to com- 
 mute, unless all the other boats in said line shall already be 
 commuting boats, or shall be constituted such along with 
 said boat. No boat which shall be owned in whole or in part, 
 or navigated by persons interested as owners or agents, or 
 in the employ of owners or agents, of any other single boat 
 or line of boats, or which shall be towed or propelled by 
 horses, mules, tug-boats or other motive agents which tow 
 or propel any other single boat or line of boats, shall be al- 
 lowed to commute, unless such other single boat or line of 
 boats shall have already commuted, or shall at the same 
 time be allowed to commute. 
 
 73. The commutation shall be a certain toll per mile 
 upon a commuting boat, whether empty or loaded, to be 
 fixed by the president and directors ; which toll shall be 
 paid by the master to a toll-gatherer, at the commencement 
 of each voyage, for the whole length of said voyage. 
 
 7 4. In order to entitle a single boat or line of boats to 
 the privilege of commuting, the master or owner of said 
 single boat, or the owner or agent of said line of boats, 
 shall execute and deliver to a toll-gatherer, a commutation 
 bond , substantially in such one of the following forms as 
 shall be applicable to the case. 
 
 [Form of Commutation Bond for a Single Boat.] 
 
 “I, A. B. (master or owner, as the case may be,) of the 
 canal boat of , navigating the James river 
 
 and Kanawha canal, in consideration of being exempted 
 from the liability to render waybills or monthly statements 
 
KANAWHA COMPANY. 
 
 25 
 
 of passengers carried by said boat, and to pay the established 
 tolls on said passengers, do hereby agree to pay toll upon 
 said boat at the rate of cents per mile for every mile 
 
 it shall run on said canal, so long as this agreement shall be 
 in force, in conformity with the regulations for said canal ; 
 and I do hereby declare that said boat does not belong to, 
 and is not intended, so long as this agreement shall be in 
 force, to run in any line of boats on said canal. Witness my 
 hand and seal, this day of in the year .” 
 
 [Form of Commutation Bond for a Line of Boats.] 
 
 “I, A. B. (agent, or [a] proprietor, as the case may be,) Form of, fora 
 of the line of freight boats navigating the James lme of boat3, 
 
 river and Kanawha canal, do hereby declare the following to 
 be a true list of all the boats belonging to said line, to wit 
 
 [Here insert the full registered name and hailing place of 
 each of the boats belonging to the line.] 
 
 “ And I do further declare that as (agent, or [a] proprietor, 
 as the case may be,) of said line, I am not, nor to my know- 
 ledge are the [other] proprietors of the said line, or either of 
 them, either directly or indirectly interested in any line of 
 boats, or any single boat, either running, or to run, upon 
 said canal, which has not commuted for tolls on passengers 
 carried on said boats : And I hereby promise and agree for 
 myself and the [other] proprietors, that neither of us will 
 become so interested as aforesaid during the continuance of 
 this agreement, without giving notice thereof to the presi- 
 dent and directors. And I do hereby for the proprietors of 
 said line of boats, in consideration that the masters 
 
 of the several boats belonging to the said line, shall be ex- 
 empted from the liability to render way-bills or monthly 
 statements of the passengers carried on said boats respec- 
 tively, and to pay the established tolls on said passengers, 
 hereby promise and agree that the master of each of said 
 boats shall, during the continuance of this agreement, pay 
 toll on said boat at the rate of cents per mile for every 
 
 mile it shall run on said canal, in conformity with the regu- 
 lations for said canal. And I do further declare that I am 
 fully authorized to make the foregoing agreement for and 
 in behalf of the said line of boats. Witness my 
 
 hand and seal, this day of in the year .” 
 
 75. The toll-gatherer receiving a commutation bond in commutation 
 conformity with the last preceding article, shall issue to the 1.13? l ° b ° 
 person from whom he receives the same, a commutation 
 license for each boat named in such bond, in substance as 
 follows, to wit : 
 
 “ I , toll-gatherer at , do hereby acknow- Form of. 
 
 ledge to have received from A. B., (master, agent or owner, 
 
 4 
 
26 
 
 JAMES RIVER AND 
 
 Boats not to com- 
 mute without 
 license. 
 
 May be exempted 
 from commuta- 
 tion. 
 
 Commutation 
 bond may be 
 cancelled. 
 
 Commutation 
 license may be 
 revoked. 
 
 Duties of officers 
 with respect to 
 commuting boats. 
 
 Method of pro- 
 pelling boats 
 allowed. 
 
 as the case may be,) a commutation bond, such as is required 
 by the regulations for the James river and Kanawha canal, 
 in relation to the commutation for tolls upon passengers ; 
 and that by virtue of the said regulations and of the said 
 commutation bond, the boat of is to be 
 
 charged with toll at the rate of cents per mile for 
 
 every mile it shall run on said canal, and is to be exempted 
 from the payment of tolls upon passengers carried thereon, 
 and from rendering way-bills or monthly statements of such 
 passengers. 
 
 76. No boat shall be taken into, or allowed to run in, 
 any line of commuting boats, until a commutation bond be 
 delivered, and a commutation license issued, for said boat, 
 as prescribed in the two last preceding articles. 
 
 77. On satisfactory proof exhibited to the president and 
 directors, that any commuting boat has been sold, and is no 
 longer connected with a line of commuting boats, they may 
 allow such boat to be exempted from commutation. 
 
 78. On application by the master or owner of any single 
 commuting boat, or the agent or a proprietor of any line of 
 commuting boats, accompanied by satisfactory proof that 
 the commutation for such single boat, or line of boats, has 
 been fully paid up to the time of such application, the pre- 
 sident and directors may order the commutation bond of 
 said master, agent or proprietor, to be cancelled j whereupon 
 the boat or boats named in said bond shall no longer be sub- 
 ject to the duties, or entitled to the privileges, of commuting 
 boats. 
 
 79. If the president and directors shall at any time be 
 satisfied that the proprietors of any commuting boat or line 
 of commuting boats, or any of them, are interested in any 
 single boats or line of boats which have not commuted for 
 tolls on passengers, they may in their discretion revoke the 
 commutation licenses which shall have been granted to said 
 boats respectively ; whereupon said boats shall no longer be 
 subject to the duties, or entitled to the privileges, of com- 
 muting boats. 
 
 80. The secretary of the company shall keep the several 
 toll-gatherers, inspectors and clearance lock-keepers informed 
 of the boats on the canal, which belong to the class of com- 
 muting boats ; and those officers, in respect to the payment 
 of the commutation on said boats, whether empty or laden ; 
 shall themselves observe, and require the masters of said 
 boats to observe, the several regulations herein prescribed 
 with respect to the payment of tolls on the cargoes of said 
 boats. 
 
 POLICE OF THE CANAL. 
 
 81. Boats and floats may be propelled on the canal by 
 towing-lines drawn by men, horses or other agents moving 
 
KANAWHA COMPANY. 
 
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 or acting on the towing-path ; the canal having been origi- 
 nally designed with a view chiefly to the accommodation of 
 boats and floats so propelled. Moreover, the president and Method aiiow- 
 directors are authorized to permit (under such restrictions strictions. 
 as will prevent injury to the canal and interruption or incon- 
 venience to other boats,) the use of boats or floats moved 
 on the canal by paddles or other agents acting on the water 
 in the canal, or by means of sails, or towed by tug-boats 
 which shall themselves be towed by means of agents acting 
 on the towing-path, or which shall be moved by paddles or 
 other agents acting on the water in the canal or by means 
 of sails. 
 
 82. No boat or float navigating the canal shall be pro- Method of pro- 
 
 - pelling boats not 
 
 pelled by means of setting-poles or other implements, ma- allowed, 
 chinery or agents acting on the bottom of the canal or on 
 the inner slope of its banks ; nor shall any boat or float use setting-poles 
 or have on board any iron-shod or sharp-pointed setting-pole, prohlblted * 
 nor be allowed to pass a lock until all such poles shall have 
 been given up or destroyed. Every master or owner of a Penalty, 
 boat or float violating this regulation, shall be subject to a 
 penalty of ten dollars for each offence, to be collected by 
 the superintendent of repairs on whose section the offence 
 is committed ; and the navigation of every mile of the canal 
 by means of such setting-pole or other implement, machi- 
 nery or agent acting on the bottom or inside slopes of the 
 canal, or with such setting-pole on board, shall constitute a 
 distinct offence. 
 
 83. No scow or other boat having a bow less sharp than sharp headed 
 a semi-circle, shall navigate the canal unless it shall have aused S . n ° ° e 
 semi-circular platform, the greatest width of which shall be 
 
 equal to the width of the boat, firmly fastened on the bow 
 thereof to defend and protect other boats or floats and the 
 banks and locks of the canal, from injury by contact with 
 either of the corners of said scow or boat ; and every viola- 
 tion of this regulation shall subject the owner or master of 
 the boat so offending, to the penalty of ten dollars, to be 
 collected by the superintendent of repairs on whose section 
 the offence is committed : Provided however , That this re- Proviso, 
 gulation shall not be so construed as to prohibit flats or ferry 
 boats, not exceeding 60 feet in length, to be used by pro- 
 prietors of estates along Ihe line, under such restrictions as 
 the president and directors may impose. 
 
 84. No boat or float shall navigate the canal, or be per- Knife on bow 
 mitted to pass any lock thereon, unless it shall have a knife requIred ‘ 
 
 or other sharp metallic instrument so affixed to its bow as 
 
 to cut apart any tow-rope which might otherwise pass over 
 
 it, and also shall have its rudder and keel so constructed as Rudder or keel 
 
 not to catch, interfere with or cut the tow-line of any pass- lines of other 
 
 ing boat. Every master or owner of a boat violating this boal3 ' 
 
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 JAMES RIVER AND 
 
 Strapping or 
 snubbing lines 
 required. 
 
 Cribs of rafts. 
 
 Boats to have 
 lights at night. 
 
 Maximum speed 
 of boats. 
 
 Boats not to 
 strike each other 
 on the canal. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 Horses to walk 
 over towiag-path 
 bridges. 
 
 Boat overtaking 
 another. 
 
 Boats meeting. 
 
 regulation, shall be subject to a penalty of ten dollars, to 
 be collected by the superintendent of repairs on whose sec- 
 tion the offence is committed. 
 
 85. Every boat or float navigating the canal shall be fur- 
 nished with a strapping or snubbing line, both at the bow 
 and stern, for the purpose of checking its motion on enter- 
 ing the locks, so as not to injure them ; and no boat or float 
 which is not so furnished shall be allowed to enter a lock. 
 
 86. No raft or tow of timber passing on the canal shall 
 consist of more than eight cribs, and whenever any shall 
 consist of more than one crib, they shall be so united as to 
 conform readily to the curvatures of the canal banks, and 
 to glide by the same without rubbing against them. 
 
 87. No boat or float shall pass along the canal at night, 
 or be admitted into any lock at night, unless it shall have 
 a conspicuous light fixed on the bow or forward end. 
 
 88. No boat or float shall move on the canal at a greater 
 speed than at the rate of four miles per hour, without spe- 
 cial permission in writing from the president and directors, 
 or from some officer properly authorized to grant such per- 
 mission. 
 
 89. No boat or float shall forcibly strike, or violently rub 
 against any other boat, or against the banks, locks, aque- 
 ducts, inside walls, wastes or bridges of the canal. 
 
 90. Every violation of the provisions of either of the 
 last three articles shall subject the master or owner of the 
 boat or float so offending to a penalty of ten dollars, and to 
 a liability to pay the amount of any damage which may be 
 clearly ascertained to have resulted from such violation ; 
 and the superintendent of repairs on whose section the 
 offence is committed, is charged with the collection of such 
 penalty and damage. 
 
 91. No horse, mule or other animal, drawing a boat or 
 float navigating the canal, shall pass over a towing-path 
 bridge at any other gait than a walk ; and for every viola- 
 tion of this provision the master or owner of the boat or 
 float shall forfeit the sum of five dollars, to be collected by 
 the superintendent of repairs on whose section the offence 
 is committed. 
 
 92. Whenever any boat or float shall overtake any other 
 boat or float on the canal, it shall be the duty of the master 
 or manager of the latter to turn from the towing-path and 
 slacken his towing-line, and to give to the former every 
 practicable facility for passing, and to stop whenever it 
 shall become necessary, until the boat or float first men- 
 tioned shall have been fully passed. 
 
 93. Whenever any boat or float, in passing along the 
 canal, shall meet any other boat or float passing in an op- 
 posite direction, it shall be the duty of the master of each 
 
KANAWHA COMPANY. 
 
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 to turn to the right hand, so as to be wholly on the right 
 side of the centre line of the canal ; and the horses or other 
 moving power of the boat or float, which, in turning to the 
 right as aforesaid, shall turn from the towing-path, shall be 
 stopped, so as to allow the moving power of the other, and 
 the boat or float itself, to pass freely over the towing-rope 
 of the boat or float so turned from the towing-path. 
 
 94. Whenever two or more boats or floats moving in op- 
 posite directions on the canal, shall at any time approach 
 any place where, from the contracted breadth of the canal 
 or other cause, they cannot safely pass each other, it shall 
 be the duty of the master of every such boat or float as- 
 cending the canal to stop at such distance from such place 
 as will permit every such boat or float moving in the op- 
 posite direction conveniently to pass by, and there to wait 
 until such passage is effected. 
 
 95. Rafts shall in all cases give place to boats of all de- 
 scriptions to pass between them and the towing-path. 
 
 96. Every violation of either of the last five articles 
 shall subject the master, owner or manager of any boat or 
 float so offending, to a penalty of ten dollars, to be collected 
 by the superintendent of repairs on whose section the of- 
 fence is committed. 
 
 97. Any boat or float moving on the canal, which shall 
 have arrived within one hundred yards of any lock in which 
 the water is on the same level with such boat or float, shall 
 have preference in passing said lock to any boat or float 
 (except a packet boat) having arrived at or near the lock 
 from the opposite direction. 
 
 98. If on the arrival of any two or more boats or floats 
 at or near to any lock, a question shall arise between their 
 respective masters as to which shall be first entitled to pass, 
 such question shall be determined by the lock-keeper or 
 other agent of the company having charge of said lock ; 
 and each boat or float shall be passed in the order and man- 
 ner in which such lock-keeper or other agent shall direct. 
 
 99. A packet boat approaching a lock, and within one 
 hundred and fifty yards from it, shall have preference in 
 passing a lock to any other boat or float. 
 
 100. Every boat or float shall be conducted into, through 
 and out of every lock which it may pass, in a careful man- 
 ner, so as not to injure such lock, and for every neglect so 
 to conduct a boat or float, the master or owner of the same 
 shall pay a penalty of ten dollars, to be collected by the 
 superintendent of repairs on whose section the offence is 
 committed. 
 
 101. Every boat or float navigating the canal, shall in 
 passing a lock fasten the bow and stern-line to the snub- 
 post on the bank of the lock until the lock is either filled 
 
 Boats meeting at 
 narrow places. 
 
 Rafts to yield to 
 boats. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 Boats meeting at 
 a lock from oppo- 
 site directions. 
 
 Boats arriving at 
 a lock at the same 
 time from the 
 same direction. 
 
 Packets to have 
 preference. 
 
 Boats to go 
 through locks 
 carefully. 
 
 Snub-posts, &c. 
 
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 JAMES RIVER AND 
 
 Delay in entering 
 locks. 
 
 Delay in a lock. 
 
 Where not to 
 stop. 
 
 Not to stop, &c. 
 at a gauge dock. 
 
 Notice of moor- 
 ing boat. 
 
 Where boats to 
 be moored. 
 
 How boats to be 
 moored. 
 
 or emptied, as the case may be ; and the master or owner 
 of every boat or float which shall violate this regulation 
 shall be liable to a fine of five dollars, to be collected by 
 the superintendent of repairs on whose section the offence 
 is committed. 
 
 102. Every boat or float which shall arrive at any lock, 
 and which shall neglect any opportunity to pass the same, 
 shall lose its preference while there may be any other boat 
 at the lock ready to pass in the same direction. 
 
 103. Any unnecessary or unreasonable delay of a boat 
 or float in a lock, or while entering or leaving a lock, shall 
 subject the person or persons having charge of such boat 
 or float to a penalty of five dollars, to be collected by the 
 superintendent of repairs on whose section the offence is 
 committed. 
 
 104. No boat or float shall unnecessarily stop, lie by, or 
 be moored opposite to any waste weir, nor within one hun- 
 dred and twenty yards of any lock, except in a basin ; and 
 every owner, master or navigator of any boat or float which 
 shall violate this* regulation, shall be subjected to a penalty 
 of ten dollars, to be collected by the superintendent of re- 
 pairs on whose section the offence is committed. 
 
 105. No boat or float shall stop within, lie by, or be 
 moored to any gauge dock, except for the purpose of being 
 gauged, or having the weight of its cargo ascertained by 
 the inspector having charge of said gauge dock. 
 
 106. Whenever any owner, master or other person hav- 
 ing charge of any boat or float, designs to leave the same 
 for any length of time in any part of the canal, he shall 
 give notice of such intention to the nearest lock-keeper, and 
 no person or persons shall, without permission in writing 
 from the superintendent or one of his assistants, moor a boat 
 or float in any part of the canal for a longer period than four 
 days at any one time, unless in a basin, or where the canal 
 is of sufficient width for three boats to pass abreast. 
 
 107. Under no circumstances shall any boat or float be 
 moored on the tow-path side of the canal except by special 
 license from the president and directors, or from some officer 
 properly authorized to grant such license ,* and in all cases, 
 with the exception above stated, the mooring shall be on 
 the berm side of the canal. 
 
 108. Whenever a boat or float shall stop for the night, 
 or lie by on account of high winds or other transient or ac- 
 cidental cause, or be left any length of time, the master, 
 owner or other person having charge thereof, shall moor it 
 securely by fastening both ends to the bank of the canal, or 
 otherwise providing that it shall not occupy more than one 
 third of the width of the canal. 
 
KANAWHA COMPANY. 
 
 31 
 
 109. Every violation of either of the last four articles Penalty, 
 shall subject the master or owner of the boat, so offending, 
 
 to a penalty of ten dollars, to be collected by the super- 
 intendent of repairs on whose section the offence is com- 
 mitted. 
 
 110. No boat or float shall be suffered to remain loose on Boats not to float 
 the canal or any of its pools or basins, without having some oose ' 
 person on board competent to take care of it ; nor shall any Nor to remain 
 boat be suffered to remain sunk for twenty-four hours in the sun ' 
 
 canal or in any of its pools or basins ; and every boat or Boats not in use 
 float, when not in use, shall be moored as directed in the sha11 be moored - 
 108th article. Every owner, master or navigator of a boat Penalty, 
 or float, who shall violate either of the provisions of this 
 article, shall be subjected to a penalty of ten dollars, to be 
 collected by the superintendent of- repairs on whose section 
 the offence is committed. 
 
 111. Whenever a breach or other obstruction to the na- superintendent 
 vigation shall occur, or when any level may be filling with of breach." case 
 water, the superintendent of repairs on that part of the line, 
 
 shall have authority to direct the boats or floats which may 
 be collected near such breach or other obstruction, or which 
 may, in his opinion, obstruct the filling of the canal with 
 water, to lie in such places, or so to move backward and 
 forward on the canal, as he shall think most advisable and 
 proper, and a refusal to comply promptly with his directions 
 in this respect, shall subject the owner or master, or person 
 having charge of any boat or float, to a penalty of ten dol- 
 lars, to be collected by the superintendent of repairs on 
 whose section the offence is committed. 
 
 112. Whenever disputes shall arise concerning berths, Berths to be as- 
 between boats or floats while loading or unloading at any SIgned * 
 landing place, it shall be the duty of the toll-gatherer, in- 
 spector, or superintendent of repairs, who may be at or near- 
 est to said place, to assign berths to said boats or floats. 
 
 113. Whenever any superintendent or lock-keeper shall Boats improperly 
 find any boat or float moored or fastened in any manner to moored ' 
 
 the tow-path side of the canal without proper authority ; 
 or so moored or fastened in the canal, or to the berm side 
 thereof, that any part of such boat or float shall be at a 
 greater distance from the berm bank than one third of the 
 width of the then water surface of the canal, he shall forth- 
 with direct the person or persons in charge of it to prevent 
 its continuing so to lie, and if the person or persons in 
 charge of such boat or float shall refuse or neglect to re- 
 move the same, he or they shall in addition to the liability 
 incurred according to the 108th and 109th articles, be sub- 
 ject to a further penalty of eight dollars, to be collected by 
 the superintendent of repairs on whose section the offence 
 is committed. But if no person be found on board or near 
 
32 
 
 JAMES RIVER AND 
 
 at hand in charge of such boat or float, the superintendent 
 or lock-keeper shall cause it to be removed and secured at 
 some point as little distant from the nearest lock-house as, 
 conveniently and in conformity with these regulations, it 
 may be ; and the owner or master thereof on taking repos- 
 session of such boat or float shall be liable to a charge for 
 the expense of removing and securing it, to be collected by 
 the said superintendent of repairs. 
 
 other obstruc- 114. Every person using the canal, who shall obstruct 
 
 tions. . , . J r . 
 
 the navigation of the same by the improper management 
 or conduct of any boat or float, or by sinking any vessel, 
 timber, stone, earth, or other thing to the bottom thereof; 
 or by placing any obstruction on the towing-path thereof, 
 or on the bank opposite the towing-path, shall forfeit the 
 sum of eighteen dollars, to be collected by the superinten- 
 dent of repairs on whose section the offence is committed. 
 Logs not to be 115. No person navigating the canal shall without per- 
 roiied mto canal. m j ss i on j n wr iting from the superintendent of repairs on 
 that section, roll or draw from or into the canal or its basins 
 or feeders, or over the side of any lock, aqueduct or any 
 other structure of masonry, or over the side of any em- 
 bankment on the canal or its basins or feeders, any log, 
 timber, or other heavy material, under a penalty for every 
 violation of this regulation, of ten dollars, to be collected 
 by the superintendent of repairs on said section. 
 
 Filth not to be 116. No person navigating the canal shall throw or dis- 
 put mto cana . c j iar g e i n t 0 the canal, or into any basin or feeder connected 
 therewith, any carcass, dead animal, putrid substance^ or 
 filth of any kind. And a breach of this regulation shall 
 subject the offender to a fine of five dollars, to be collected 
 by the superintendent of repairs on whose section the of- 
 fence is committed. 
 
 opening lock- 117. No person or persons, except the lock-keeper or 
 
 gates.° r pu e hands in his employ, shall be permitted to open either of 
 the larger gates of a lock, or the wickets or valves, without 
 permission of the lock-keeper or of one of the hands in his 
 employ ; and every person navigating the canal who shall 
 violate this regulation, shall be liable to a fine of five dol- 
 lars, to be collected by the superintendent of repairs on 
 whose section the offence is committed. 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 Titles of officers. 118. The officers connected with the management and 
 preservation of the canal and collection of tolls thereon, 
 shall be as follows : 
 
 1. Superintendents of repairs. 
 
 2. Lock-keepers. 
 
 3. Toll-gatherers. 
 
 4. Inspectors. 
 
KANAWHA COMPANY. 
 
 33 
 
 GENERAL REGULATIONS. 
 
 119. The officers connected with the management and officers when 
 preservation of the canal and the collection of tolls thereon, appointed - 
 like the officers and agents on the old improvements, shall 
 
 be appointed by the president and directors annually (ex- 
 cept in cases of vacancy by death, removal, or otherwise) 
 on or about the first of January, and shall continue in office Term of office, 
 for one year, terminating on the 31st December, unless 
 sooner removed by the president and directors, or by the 
 president, or unless otherwise provided by law, or by some 
 special regulation of the president and directors ; and in 
 case of the annual appointment not being made, the said 
 officers shall continue in office until an appointment shall 
 be made. 
 
 120. The salaries of such officers shall be fixed by the salaries, 
 president and directors ; and they shall be removable from 
 office by the president and directors, or by the president. 
 
 121. They shall give their personal and constant atten- officers to have 
 tion to the duties of their respective offices, and shall not lion. lcr occupa ' 
 be directly or indirectly concerned in any store, shop, or 
 
 other trading establishment for the purchase or sale of spi- 
 rits, produce, merchandize, or property of any description, 
 on or near the line of the canal, or have any other employ- 
 ment or occupation without the special permission of the 
 president and directors, under the penalty of being dismis- 
 sed from office. 
 
 122. It shall be their duty to preserve and take care of officers to take 
 
 hi i . x , care of compa- 
 
 all books, papers, vouchers, maps, documents, instruments ny’s property, 
 and other things, the property of the ajcuy which may 
 come into their possession; and ever/ c officer or agent 
 leaving the service of the company shall surrender up and 
 deliver over to his successor, or other person duly autho- 
 rized to receive the same, all the books, papers, vouchers, 
 maps, documents and instruments pertaining to his office, 
 and all other things whatever, the property of the company, 
 which may be in his control. And all such officers and Penalty, 
 agents who are not required by these regulations to give 
 official bonds, and who shall violate this regulation, shall 
 be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars. 
 
 123. Such officers shall use their utmost exertions to put officers to sup- 
 down all tippling and other disorderly and disreputable tra- ?omiuct* orderIy 
 ding shops in the neighbourhood of the canal, and be re- 
 quired to give information of any such within their know- 
 ledge to the respective county courts within whose juris- 
 diction they may be located. They shall, by all law fu \ A " prevent in- 
 means within their reach, prevent wanton or wilful injuries Jm> °' V01 s ’ 
 to the canal, roads, bridges or other works or property of 
 
 the company, and shall take immediate steps on behalf of 
 
34 
 
 JAMES RIVER AND 
 
 Officers shall not 
 be interested in 
 contracts with 
 the company. 
 
 Sections of ca- 
 nal. 
 
 Superintendents 
 of repairs. 
 
 Their residence. 
 
 General duties. 
 
 To have charge 
 of the company’s 
 property. 
 
 To make certain 
 contracts. 
 
 Shall visit whole 
 line twice a 
 month. 
 
 Shall report to 
 the president. 
 
 the company to have the perpetrators of such injuries as 
 may be committed, subjected to the legal penalties and lia- 
 bilities ; and they shall report to the president and directors 
 the names and offences of such offenders. 
 
 124. No officer on the canal shall either directly or indi- 
 rectly be interested in any contract for labour, materials, 
 provisions, implements or other thing connected with the 
 construction, repairs or expenses of the canal or its appur- 
 tenant works ; and no officer shall either directly or indi- 
 rectly derive any benefit from the annual expenditures on 
 the canal beyond his established compensation. 
 
 SUPERINTENDENTS OF REPAIRS. 
 
 125. The canal shall be divided into such sections as the 
 president and directors may think advisable ; on each of 
 which sections there shall be a superintendent of repairs, 
 who shall reside at such point within the limits of his sec- 
 tion as the said president and directors may designate. 
 
 126. It shall be the duty of each superintendent of re- 
 pairs to superintend and direct the necessary repairs on his 
 section of the canal, and to do every thing in his power to 
 preserve said canal, and the works connected therewith, 
 from injury, and to keep them in a good state and condi- 
 tion, for which purpose he shall be allowed such overseers, 
 removable at his pleasure, each with such a force of labour- 
 ers employed by the year or otherwise, and governed by 
 such regulations, as the president and directors may pre- 
 scribe ; and he is particularly charged with the duty of see- 
 ing that the overseers, foremen and labourers under his 
 charge shall be diligent and faithful in the performance of 
 their respective duties to the company. 
 
 127. He shall have charge of all the tools, implements, 
 carriages and other personal property of the company on his 
 section, and shall cause all such property not in use to be 
 kept in a place of safety ; and at the close of each quarter 
 shall return to the office of the company, to be placed on 
 file, an inventory of all such property under his charge. 
 
 128. He shall make such contracts for labour, provisions, 
 materials and implements, and under such regulations as 
 the president and directors may deem proper, and report the 
 same to their next stated meeting. 
 
 129. He shall visit the whole length of his section twice 
 in every month, and keep the president constantly informed 
 by letter and oral communication, of the state and condi- 
 tion of the line, and of all other matters under his superin- 
 tendence, and at the close of each quarter, and oftener if 
 required, he shall make report to the president, to be laid 
 before the board, of the state and condition of the canal 
 
KANAWHA COMPANY. 
 
 35 
 
 and its appurtenant works, as also of the houses and enclo- 
 sures of the lock-keepers, including in such report what in- 
 juries the canal has sustained or is likely to sustain, and the 
 causes thereof, what measures he may have taken to remedy 
 or prevent such injuries, what improvements he may think 
 necessary, what depredations may have been committed on 
 the canal or its works or other property of the company, 
 and such other information as he may consider important to 
 its interests. 
 
 130. On the occurrence, on his section, of any breach in Personal atten- 
 the canal, or other injury to the works, suspending the navi- when required, 
 gation, he shall immediately proceed to the same, remain 
 thereat, and superintend the repairs thereof, until the navi- 
 gation shall be restored. He shall also, as soon as practi- special reports 
 cable, and from time to time as he may be able, report to to pres,dent * 
 the president, in writing, the occurrence of such breach or 
 
 other injury, with the place, time, causes, extent and de- 
 scription thereof, the means adopted or proposed to be adopt- 
 ed by him for repairing the same, the time which will pro- 
 bably be occupied by such repairs, their probable cost, and 
 all other information in his power relative to the subject, 
 which may be useful or interesting. He shall also apprise information to 
 the several toll-gatherers of such breach or other injury, toll gathereis - 
 and of the time at which the navigation will probably be 
 restored. 
 
 131. Within the limits of his section he shall superintend shaHjSupcrm- 
 and direct the lock-keepers in the performance of their du- er". ° c eep 
 ties, and report the misconduct of any lock-keeper to the 
 president and directors; and should he deem it necessary May remove 
 he may remove any lock-keeper and fill the vacancy there- lotk ketpeis ‘ 
 by created, until the next meeting of the president and di- 
 rectors, at which time he shall report such removal and tem- 
 porary appointment, with his reasons therefor and the facts 
 
 of the case, to the said president and directors. 
 
 132. Except in cases of great emergency requiring his shall be at office 
 presence on the line, he shall be in attendance at the office at meetings o” y 
 of the company at every stated meeting of the president and tIie board * 
 directors. 
 
 133. He is charged with the duty of prosecuting in the shall prosecute 
 proper courts, when necessary, for the collection of the penal- names!* 1 " pe 
 ties and forfeitures prescribed by articles 82, 83, 84, 90, 91, 
 
 96, 100, 101, 103, 104, 109, 110, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116 
 and 117 of these regulations, incurred on his section, and 
 he shall deposit once a month to the credit of the company, 
 in the Bank of Virginia, or one of its branches, the amount 
 received by him for such penalties and forfeitures. 
 
 134. All accounts for labour, provisions, materials and im- shall certify and 
 plements on his section, shall be certified by him as correct h?s department! 
 and necessary, and presented by him to the stated meetings 
 
36 
 
 JAMES RIVER AND 
 
 Not to take re- 
 ceipts unless for 
 money paid. 
 
 Shall not employ 
 members of his 
 family. 
 
 Other duties to 
 be assigned. 
 
 Official bond. 
 
 of the president and directors, and when such accounts shall 
 be allowed, he shall receive the warrants issued therefor, 
 pay said accounts, and return proper receipts for the same 
 to the office of the company ; and under no circumstances 
 whatever shall the said superintendent take a receipt for la- 
 bour done, services performed, or materials, provisions or 
 implements purchased for the company, unless the money 
 for the same shall have been actually paid. 
 
 135. A superintendent of repairs shall not, without spe- 
 cial permission from the president and directors, employ the 
 members of his family on the canal, or furnish any teams, 
 carriages, boats, implements, materials, provisions or other 
 things for the canal, or employ any teams, carriages or boats, 
 or purchase any implements, materials or provisions owned 
 by the members of his family, or by any foreman or lock- 
 keeper on the canal ; and no foreman on the canal, without 
 such permission, shall himself furnish any teams, carriage, 
 boat, implement, materials, provisions or other thing for the 
 canal, nor employ or contract for the same when owned by 
 any members of his family or by any lock-keeper. 
 
 136. The superintendents of repairs shall perform such 
 other duties in addition to those already enumerated, as the 
 president and directors shall from time to time assign to 
 them. 
 
 137. Before entering on the duties of his office, he shall 
 give bond, with one or more approved sureties, in the penalty 
 of three thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful per- 
 formance of his duties, and for the faithful account and pay- 
 ment of all moneys of the company which shall come into 
 his hands. 
 
 LOCK-KEEPERS. 
 
 Extent of term 
 lock-keeper. 
 
 Lock-keepers to 
 examine works, 
 and prevent in- 
 jury to them. 
 
 Shall keep locks 
 in good order. 
 
 138. The term lock-keeper, when used in these regula- 
 tions without any qualifying word or words, shall be held 
 'to include the keepers of all locks, whether clearance locks 
 or others, on or appurtenant to the canal. 
 
 139. It shall be the duty of all lock-keepers to make a 
 daily and particular examination of the locks under their 
 charge, and of any other works which they may be directed 
 by order of the president and directors to attend to, and to 
 prevent by all lawful means in their power, any injury to 
 said locks or other works, from the carelessness of the boat- 
 men, or from malicious or disorderly persons. 
 
 140. They shall use their utmost exertions to keep the 
 said locks or other works in the best possible order, and in 
 case of any accident or injury to them, or to the canal in 
 the vicinity of their stations, requiring immediate attention, 
 they shall take the necessary measures to remedy the same, 
 
KANAWHA COMPANY. 
 
 37 
 
 and to prevent further injury, and in the mean time to send 
 the earliest intelligence thereof to the superintendent of re- 
 pairs on that part of the canal. 
 
 141. It shall be their duty at all hours by night as well shall pass boats 
 as by day, unless otherwise ordered by the president and at a11 hours ‘ 
 directors, to pass all boats and floats presenting themselves 
 
 at their locks, and entitled to pass the same, agreeably to 
 the various provisions in these regulations relative to the 
 passage of such boats or floats through said locks. 
 
 142. They shall not permit the boatmen to pass them- shall not permit 
 selves through any lock except in the presence and under boats! 6 ” t0 pas3 
 the direction of the keeper thereof or his assistant. 
 
 143. The able-bodied hands which the keepers of com- Their assistants 
 bined or neighbouring locks may be required to provide, necessar^iabour. 
 shall, in addition to working the locks, perform such other 
 necessary labour thereat, and in the immediate neighbour- 
 hood thereof, as the sudden exigencies of the canal may re- 
 quire in the absence of the superintendent of repairs on that 
 
 part of the line, or of the labourers hired by the company. 
 
 144. The lock-keepers shall not absent themselves from They shall not 
 their locks on any occasion, without leave from the super- quit their posts ‘ 
 intendent of repairs on that part of the canal. And unless shall reside at 
 otherwise authorized by the company, shall reside in the lockri * 
 houses provided for them at their respective stations ; and 
 
 they shall be charged with the care and preservation of their 
 respective houses, and of the enclosures attached thereto. 
 
 145. Where the locks are situated within the limits of shall not keep 
 cultivated farms, the lock-keepers shall not permit their do- meatic^mais. 
 mestic animals to run at large so as to injure the crops on 
 
 said farms. 
 
 146. Any lock-keeper who shall knowingly permit a boat Penalty for vioia- 
 or float to pass his locks in violation of any provision 0 f tln s re & ulat,ons - 
 these regulations, shall be forthwith dismissed from the ser- 
 vice of the company by the president, or by the superinten- 
 dent of repairs on that part of the canal, on their becoming 
 cognizant of the fact, and he shall be deemed to have for- 
 feited all compensation for his services since the last quar- 
 ter day. 
 
 147. Every lock-keeper shall perform such other duties siiaii perform 
 connected with the canal, as the president and directors may be assigned! to 
 require of him from time to time. 
 
 TOLL-GATHERERS. 
 
 148. There shall be toll-gatherers at Richmond and Number and sta- 
 Lynchburg, and at such other points on the line as the gatherers 1 . 011 
 president and directors may from time to time designate for 
 
 the purpose. 
 
38 
 
 JAMES RIVER AND 
 
 Shall collect 
 tolls. 
 
 And grant clear- 
 ances and per- 
 mits. 
 
 Shall prosecute 
 for penalties in 
 certain cases. 
 
 Shall be ex officio 
 inspectors. 
 
 Shall employ 
 clerks. 
 
 And be responsi- 
 ble for their acts. 
 
 Toll office to be 
 office of inspec- 
 tor. 
 
 Toll-gatherer 
 shall refuse 
 clearances until 
 satisfaction for 
 injuries to the 
 company’s pro- 
 perty be made. 
 
 Shall report mis 
 conduct of lock- 
 keepers and 
 other agents. 
 
 Shall perform 
 extra duties to 
 be assigned. 
 
 149. The several toll-gatherers shall collect the tolls to 
 which the company may be entitled on the tonnage and 
 travel on the canal, at their respective offices, according to 
 the tariff of tolls which may be established ; grant clear- 
 ances, permits, and other official papers ; keep their accounts 
 in such form as may be directed by the president and direc- 
 tors ; and perform all other official acts connected with the 
 duties of their offices, which are or may be prescribed by 
 the regulations of the company, or by order of the presi- 
 dent and directors. 
 
 150. They shall prosecute in the proper courts, where 
 necessary, for the collection of the penalties and forfeitures 
 prescribed by articles 8, 17, 29, 30, 33, 34, 35, 48, 52, 66 
 and 71 of these regulations. 
 
 151. They shall be ex officio inspectors of canal boats 
 and their cargoes, and shall perform all the duties of inspec- 
 tors, except at places where separate inspectors shall be ap- 
 pointed ; and at such places they shall aid the said inspec- 
 tors in the discharge of their duties, and see that they per- 
 form such duties faithfully and efficiently. 
 
 152. To aid the toll-gatherers in discharging the duties 
 of their offices, each of said officers shall employ one or 
 more competent clerks, as may be required by the president 
 and directors, at such rate of compensation as they may al- 
 low, and upon employing such clerk or clerks, he shall im- 
 mediately make report thereof to the president and direc- 
 tors, whereupon such clerk or clerks shall during his neces- 
 sary absence, perform all the duties and exercise all the 
 powers appertaining to his office, and he shall be respon- 
 sible for their official acts. 
 
 153. The office of the toll-gatherer at a place where there 
 is a separate inspector, shall be the office of the inspector, 
 unless otherwise provided by the president and directors. 
 
 154. If the crew of any boat or float shall be guilty of 
 any violence or disorderly conduct on the canal, or on a ba- 
 sin or pool attached thereto, or on the company’s grounds, 
 injurious to the interests of the company, it shall be the 
 duty of any toll-gatherer cognizant of the fact to withhold 
 a clearance or permit from such boat or float until reasonable 
 satisfaction for such injury be made. 
 
 155. Every toll-gatherer shall report to the president and 
 directors any gross neglect or misconduct of any of the lock- 
 keepers or other agents of the company on the line of the 
 canal, which shall come within his knowledge. 
 
 156. The several toll-gatherers shall execute such extra 
 duties relating to the affairs of the canal, although uncon- 
 nected with their offices, as may be enjoined on them by 
 the president and directors. 
 
KANAWHA COMPANY. 
 
 39 
 
 157. They shall each be provided with an office, and the office, &c. to 
 necessary books, forms, blanks, stationery and fuel therefor. be oun * 
 
 158. Previous to entering on the duties of their offices, official bond, 
 each toll-gatherer shall give bond with one or more approved 
 sureties, in the penalty of five thousand dollars, conditioned 
 
 for the faithful performance of the duties which have been 
 or shall be enjoined on him by the regulations of the com- 
 pany, and for the faithful accounting for, and payment of 
 all moneys of the company which may come to his hands. 
 
 INSPECTORS. 
 
 159. There shall be a separate inspector at the toll-ga- Number and sta- 
 therer’s office at Richmond, and at the toll-gatherer’s office !ir" s ° f lnspec ' 
 at Lynchburg, and inspectors at such other points as the 
 president and directors may, from time to time, deem to be 
 required by the augmentation of the tonnage of the line ; 
 
 and such inspector, if at a toll-gatherer’s office, shall be 
 subordinate to said toll-gatherer. 
 
 160. He shall have such assistants or labourers at the ex- Assistants sa- 
 pense of the company, as may be necessary to aid him in lowed ’ 
 
 the discharge of his duties, whenever the president and di- 
 rectors may think the state of the trade shall require it. 
 
 161. It shall be the duty of every inspector on the canal, shaii inspect 
 and he is hereby enjoined, carefully to examine and inspect cargoes ‘ 
 the cargo of every boat or float applying for a clearance, or 
 passing by his office, with a view of ascertaining whether 
 
 said cargo and its several parts agree with the bill or bills 
 of lading, clearance or other paper or papers exhibited to 
 him, purporting to describe the same, of detecting any fraud 
 on the revenue, and generally of seeing that the regulations 
 for the management of boats and their cargoes coming pro- - 
 perly under his notice are duly complied with. 
 
 162. He shall have charge of any gauge dock established shaii keep gauge 
 at or near his office, and shall perform the duties of gauging dock ‘ 
 
 boats or ascertaining the weights of their cargoes at such 
 gauge dock, whenever they may be prescribed in the regu- 
 lations aforesaid, or by order of the president and directors. 
 
 163. He shall keep such registers and accounts, and make shaii keepac- 
 such reports at such times and in such forms as are or shall pJcscribe^fonn. 
 be required by the regulations of the company, or may be 
 
 ordered by the president and directors. 
 
 164. He shall perform such other extra services as the Other duties to 
 president and directors may from time to time require. be prescnbed - 
 

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TARIFF OF TOLLS 
 
 PER TON OF 2000 POUNDS PER MILE, 
 
 TO BE CHARGED ON 
 
 THE JAMES RIVER AND KANAWHA CANAL. 
 
 [With the alterations up to the 1st October 1846.] 
 
 ARTICLES AT 4 CENTS PER TON PER MILE. 
 
 Agricultural implements, 
 Anvils, 
 
 Ale, 
 
 Ashes, pot and pearl, 
 Bacon, 
 
 Beans, 
 
 Beef, salt and fresh, 
 Beeswax, 
 
 Bellows, 
 
 Books, 
 
 Butter, 
 
 Beer, 
 
 Burr Blocks, 
 
 Candles, 
 
 Carriages, 
 
 Crackers, 
 
 Cheese, 
 
 Coffee, 
 
 Confectionary, 
 
 Copper, 
 
 Cordage, 
 
 x Cotton, Cotton Yarns and 
 Cotton Bagging, 
 
 Cutlery, 
 
 Copperas, 
 
 China, 
 
 Cider, 
 
 Chalk, 
 
 Dye Stuffs, 
 
 Dry Goods, 
 
 Drugs, 
 
 Earthen and Queens Ware, 
 Eggs, 
 
 Fancy Articles, 
 
 Feathers, 
 
 Flax, 
 
 Furniture, (Household,) 
 
 Fruits, (foreign, not other- 
 wise designated,) 
 
 Furs and Peltry, 
 
 Glass and Glassware, 
 Ginseng, 
 
 Groceries, not otherwise 
 designated, 
 
 Hardware, 
 
 Hats, Caps, &c. 
 
 Hair, Curled, 
 
 Hemp and Flax, 
 
 Hempen Yarns, 
 
 Hides and Skins, (dry and 
 green,) 
 
 Honey, 
 
 Hops and Herbs, 
 
 Joiners’ Work, 
 
 Lard, 
 
 Leather, 
 
 Lemons, 
 
 Liquorice, 
 
 Liquors, not otherwise 
 designated, 
 
 Live Stock, 
 
 Mackerel, 
 
 Machinery, not otherwise 
 designated, 
 
 Mechanics’ Tools, 
 
 Metals, not otherwise 
 designated, 
 
 Mill Stones, 
 
 Mutton, 
 
 Nails and Spikes, 
 
 Oils of all kinds, 
 
 Oranges, 
 
 Oysters not in the shell, 
 Paints, 
 
 Paper, 
 
 Pork, salted and fresh, 
 Powder, 
 
 Poultry and Eggs, 
 Putty, 
 
 Peas and Beans, 
 Porter, 
 
 Queens Ware, 
 
 Raisins, 
 
 Rice, 
 
 Saddlery, 
 
 Salt Petre, 
 
 Snake Root, 
 Stationery, 
 
 Steam Engines, 
 
 Steel, 
 
 Spices, 
 
 Shoes and Boots, 
 
 Soap, 
 
 Shot, 
 
 Sugar, 
 
 Shad, 
 
 Seed of all kinds, 
 Segars, 
 
 Snuff, 
 
 Spirits Turpentine, 
 Sulphur, 
 
 Salmon, 
 
 Teas, 
 
 Tin and Tin.Ware, 
 Tallow, 
 
 Venison, 
 
 Vices, 
 
 Wood Ware, 
 
 Wool, 
 
 Wrapping Paper, 
 
 Zink. 
 
 6 
 
42 
 
 JAMES RIVER AND 
 
 ARTICLES AT 3 CENTS PER TON PER MILE. 
 
 Bar Iron, 
 
 Barley, 
 
 Charcoal, 
 
 Fish, not otherwise 
 designated, 
 
 Iron Castings, 
 Logwood, 
 
 Lead, (pig and bar,) 
 
 Mahogany, 
 
 Molasses, 
 
 Moss, 
 
 Potters’ Ware, 
 
 Stone Ware, 
 
 Tobacco of all kinds, 
 Vinegar. 
 
 ARTICLES AT 2 CENTS PER TON PER MILE. 
 
 Agricultural Products, not 
 otherwise designated, 
 Apples and other domestic 
 fruits, green or dried, 
 Barrels, empty, 
 
 Bran and other mill offal, 
 Buckwheat and Buckwheat 
 Flour, 
 
 Bark, ground and unground, 
 Casks and Boxes, empty, 
 Corn and Corn Meal, 
 
 Cotton Waste and Rags, 
 
 Flour and Wheat, 
 Fodder, 
 
 Grindstones, 
 
 Hay, 
 
 Marble, dressed, 
 Oats, 
 
 Oysters in the §hell, 
 Pitch, 
 
 Potatoes of all kinds, 
 Rags, 
 
 Rosin, 
 
 Rye, 
 
 Salt, 
 
 Straw, Shucks, &c. 
 
 Stone, dressed, 
 
 Shorts, 
 
 Ship Stuff, 
 
 Tar, 
 
 Tobacco Stems, 
 Turpentine, 
 
 Turnips and other Vegeta- 
 bles, 
 
 Vegetables. 
 
 ARTICLES AT 1 CENT PER TON PER MILE. 
 
 Scrap Iron and Old Castings. 
 ARTICLES AT 1 CENT PER TON PER MILE. 
 
 Bricks, 
 
 Coal and Coke passing 
 down Canal, 
 Cement, 
 
 Headings, 
 
 Hoop Poles, 
 
 Iron Ore, 
 
 Laths, 
 
 Marble, rough, 
 Pig Iron, 
 
 Posts for fencing, 
 
 AT £ CENT PER TON 
 
 Rails for fencing, 
 Staves, 
 
 Shingles, 
 
 Slate for roofing, 
 Timber of all kinds, 
 Tiles for roofing. 
 
 PER MILE. 
 
 ARTICLES 
 
 Clay, 
 
 Coal and Coke passing up 
 Canal, 
 
 Earth, 
 
 Gravel, 
 
 Gypsum or Plaster, 
 Lime and Limestone, 
 Manure, 
 
 Mineral Waters, 
 Oyster shells, 
 Plaster, 
 
 Stone, rough. 
 
 Sand, for all distances, 5 cents per ton. 
 
 Wood for fuel, for all distances, 12£ cents per cord. 
 
 All articles transported only on the lower level of the canal, will be charged with one- 
 half the tolls charged on the old canal, except in cases provided for by special resolution 
 of the board of directors. 
 
 TOLLS ON PASSENGERS. 
 
 On white persons 12 years old and upwards, 1 cent per mile. 
 
 Do do. between 12 and 5 years old, - - • -i “ “ 
 
 On coloured persons 5 years old and upwards, £ “ “ 
 
 On all articles except Coal, Mill Offal, Manure, Sand, and Wood for fuel, transported 
 on any portion of the enlarged old canal, (between Richmond and Maiden’s Adventure,) 
 the tolls shall be equal at least to those charged on the old canal. 
 
KANAWHA COMPANY. 
 
 43 
 
 TOLLS ON THE OLD CANAL. 
 
 $ c * 
 
 On every hogshead of Tobacco, - - - - - -10 
 
 On every hogshead of Tobacco Stems, ----- 25 
 
 On every hogshead of Rum, Wine or French Brandy, - - -10 
 
 On every hogshead containing other Liquids, 50 
 
 On all barrels and casks containing Spirits, Wines and other Liquids, in pro- 
 portion to quantity, as above. 
 
 On every barrel of Flour, - - - - - - - 10 
 
 On every barrel of Pork, Beef or Fish, ----- 12 
 
 On every ton of Hemp, Flax, Bar Iron, Castings, Lead or Zinc, - - 1 50 
 
 On every ton of Pig Iron, 50 
 
 On every ton of Shucks, Straw, Hay, Fodder or Oats, - - - 25 
 
 On every ton of Stone, Manure, Bricks, Plaster, Lime, Oyster Shells or Sand, 12 
 On every sack of Salt, - 6 
 
 On every bushel of Wheat, - 1 
 
 On all other articles commonly sold by the bushel, - 1 
 
 On every cord of Wood or Bark, ------ 12 
 
 On every thousand Staves, Heading, Shingles, Boards or Bolts, - - 25 
 
 On every thousand Laths or Hoop Poles, ----- 12 
 
 On every thousand feet of Plank or Scantling, 35 
 
 All articles not enumerated, shall pay by the hundred weight, - 6 
 
 One large empty Boat, - - - - - - -10 
 
 One empty Batteau, 50 
 
 M. 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 5 
 
 2i 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 0 
 
 5 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
 0 
 
44 
 
 JAMES RIVER AND 
 
 TABLE OF DISTANCES 
 
 ON THE 
 
 JAMES RIVER AND KANAWHA CANAL. 
 
 
 
 
 
 S 
 
 S . 
 
 
 
 
 
 o • 
 
 2 60 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 Cj 
 
 C o 
 e3 
 
 
 
 
 
 ^ o 
 •8p3 
 
 Q w 
 
 m ^ 
 
 5^ 
 
 Richmond, 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 
 0 
 
 146 
 
 Rutherf’oord’s Mills, 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 2 
 
 144 
 
 Locks No. 1 and 2, 
 
 T. Ruchie, ... 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 3 
 
 143 
 
 
 Abigail Mayo’s estate, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 4 
 
 142 
 
 
 A. Hutchison, Win. H. Richardson, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 5 
 
 141 
 
 Lock No. 3, 
 
 Westham, ... 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 5 4 
 
 1404 
 
 
 Wm. Anderson, J. Alley, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 6 
 
 140 
 
 
 N. M’Coull, R. Henderson, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 6 
 
 140 
 
 
 Reins’s Island, 
 
 - 
 
 
 6 
 
 140 
 
 
 Read & Sims, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 7 
 
 139 
 
 
 J. H. Jennings, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 8 * 
 
 1374 
 
 
 J. Ambler, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 9 
 
 137 
 
 Locks No. 4 and G, 
 
 Bosher’s JDam, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 94 
 
 1364 
 
 Locks No. 5 and 6 , 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 9 4 
 
 1364 
 
 
 John Wickham, lower estate, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 11 
 
 135 
 
 
 John Wickham, upper estate, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 12 
 
 134 
 
 
 Tuckahoe Railroad Basin, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 12 
 
 134 
 
 
 Tuckahoe Aqueduct, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 124 
 
 1334 
 
 
 T. M. Randolph, H. Wight, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 13 
 
 133 
 
 
 W. Powell, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 144 
 
 1314 
 
 
 Judge John Robertson, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 15 
 
 131 
 
 
 W. E. Harris, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 16 
 
 130 
 
 
 Manakin Town Ferry Road, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 164 
 
 1294 
 
 
 Dover Pits, Anderson & Moody, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 17 
 
 129 
 
 
 W. Shelton, Richard Sampson, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 18 
 
 128 
 
 
 N. & L. M. Watkins, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 19 
 
 127 
 
 
 Dover Mills and Aqueduct, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 20 
 
 126 
 
 
 J. S. Watkins, J. M. Trevillian, 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 20 
 
 126 
 
 
 B. F. Carter, - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 21 
 
 125 
 
 
 James M. Morson, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 214 
 
 1244 
 
 
 Jude’s Ferry Road, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 22 
 
 124 
 
 
 J. Trent’s estate, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 224 
 
 1234 
 
 
 James Pleasants, A. Pleasants, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 25 
 
 121 
 
 
 Ro. W. Pleasants, 
 
 
 - 
 
 26 
 
 120 
 
 
 Beaver Dam Aqueduct, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 264 
 
 1194 
 
 
 Corbin Warwick, J. B. Pleasants, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 27 
 
 119 
 
 
 Maiden’s Adventure Dam, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 274 
 
 1184 
 
 
 J. Archer, - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 28 
 
 118 
 
 
 Charles Pope, - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 29 
 
 117 . 
 
 
 Michaux’s Ferry, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 304 
 
 1154 
 
 
 Dr. Harris, W. Meredith, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 31 
 
 115 
 
 Locks No. 7 and 8 , 
 
 Junction of Canal and River, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 324 
 
 1134 
 
 
 Cedar Point, - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 324 
 
 1134 
 
 
 Ro. Stanard, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 33 
 
 113 
 
KANAWHA COMPANY. 
 
 45 
 
 Lock No. 9, 
 Lock No. 10, 
 
 Lock No. 11, 
 
 Lock No. 12, 
 Lock No. 13, 
 
 Lock No. 14, 
 
 Lock No. 15, 
 Lock No. 16, 
 
 Lock No. 17, 
 
 Lock No. 18, G, 
 Lock No. 19, 
 
 Lock No. 20, 
 Lock No. 21, 
 
 Lock No. 22, 
 Lock No. 23, 
 Lock No. 24, 
 Lock No. 25, 
 Lock No. 26, 
 
 Lock No. 27, 
 Lock No. 28, 
 
 Lock No. 29, 
 Lock No. 30, 
 
 Lickinghole Aqueduct, M. Selden, 
 
 W. Bolling, - 
 
 J. Weisiger, - 
 
 T Vv flilriflQ m mm 
 
 J.‘ Watkins’s Mills, G. W. Payne, 
 
 Jefferson Ferry Road, 
 
 J. Rutherfoord, 
 
 J. S. Smith, - 
 Tarlton Fleming, 
 
 Thomas Bolling, 
 
 G. C. Pickett’s estate, 
 
 J. Pemberton, 
 
 Near Cartersville Road, 
 
 Richard G. Haden, 
 
 E. Turpin, O. Johnson, 
 
 Randolph Harrison, 
 
 Louisa G. Allan, 
 
 John Allan’s estate, 
 
 Columbia Ferry Road Bridge, 
 
 James Galt, - 
 
 William Galt, - 
 
 Wm. Woodson, J. W. Toney, 
 
 New Canton, G. Holeman, 
 
 C. C. Cocke, J. H. Cocke, Jr. 
 
 J. H. Cocke, - 
 
 J. M. Johnson, Middleton Mills, 
 
 W. Shore, J. Stratton, 
 
 Martin Tutwiler, 
 
 G. L. Seay, T. Gilmer’s estate, 
 
 H. Ware, E. Herndon, 
 
 A. C. Omohundro, W. C. Adams, 
 
 W. C. Adams, upper estate, W. Adams, 
 J. Conolly, ... 
 
 Scottsville, B. Staples, 
 
 C. H. Harrison or Burton, 
 
 J. W. Gant, 
 
 J. B. Glover, ... 
 Warren, J. Cowles, W. Brown, 
 
 Ro. Rives, ... 
 
 N. Goolsby, ... 
 
 J. Jopling, Geo. Booker, 
 
 Mrs. E. Johnson, 
 
 J. Fowles, ... 
 
 Rockfish Aqueduct, Howardsville, 
 
 W. 11. Carter, H. Lewis, 
 
 S. Jones, ... 
 
 F. W. S. Turner, 
 
 Warminster, J. C. Cabell’s lower farm, 
 N. F. Cabell, 
 
 Distance from 
 
 Richmond. 
 
 Distance from 
 
 Lynchburg. 
 
 34 
 
 112 
 
 35 
 
 111 
 
 36 
 
 110 
 
 37i 
 
 108£ 
 
 38 
 
 108 
 
 39 
 
 107 
 
 39 
 
 107 
 
 40 
 
 106 
 
 42 
 
 104 
 
 43 
 
 103 
 
 44 
 
 102 
 
 45 
 
 101 
 
 46 
 
 100 
 
 46k 
 
 99k 
 
 47£ 
 
 98k 
 
 49 
 
 97 
 
 50 
 
 96 
 
 51 
 
 95 
 
 54 
 
 92 
 
 54 £ 
 
 91 k 
 
 55 
 
 91 
 
 5 6h 
 
 89k 
 
 58 
 
 83 
 
 61 k 
 
 84k 
 
 62 
 
 84 
 
 63 h 
 
 82k 
 
 64 
 
 82 
 
 66 
 
 80 
 
 66k 
 
 79k 
 
 67 
 
 79 
 
 68 
 
 78 
 
 70 
 
 76 
 
 70k 
 
 75k 
 
 71 
 
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 72 
 
 74 
 
 72k 
 
 73k 
 
 73 
 
 73 
 
 74 
 
 72 
 
 75 
 
 71 
 
 76 
 
 70 
 
 77 
 
 69 
 
 79 
 
 67 
 
 80 
 
 66 
 
 81 
 
 65 
 
 82k 
 
 63£ 
 
 83 
 
 63 
 
 85 
 
 61 
 
 85k 
 
 60£ 
 
 86k 
 
 59k 
 
 87 
 
 59 
 
 88 
 
 58 
 
 89 
 
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 90 
 
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 90k 
 
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 98£ 
 
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 JAMES RIVER AND KANAWHA COMPANY. 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Lock No. 31, 
 
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 46* 
 
 
 J. T. Smith, J. C. Cabell’s upper farm, 
 
 - 
 
 101 
 
 45 
 
 Lock No. 32, 
 
 Daniel Higginbotham, Hardwicksville, 
 
 - 
 
 103 
 
 43 
 
 
 Mayo Cabell, 
 
 J. S. M’Cleland, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 105 
 
 41 
 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 106 
 
 40 
 
 
 M. M’Cleland, - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 107 
 
 39 
 
 
 New Market, Tye River, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 107£ 
 
 38k 
 
 
 W. Daniel, Jr. 
 
 - 
 
 
 109 
 
 37 
 
 
 Head slackwater, 
 
 - 
 
 
 109i 
 
 36k 
 
 
 J. S. M’Cleland, N. Loughborough, 
 
 
 no 
 
 36 
 
 Lock No. 35, 
 
 F. M. Cabell, 
 
 - 
 
 
 111 
 
 35 
 
 Lock No. 36, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 
 112* 
 
 33k 
 
 
 Green way, W. Horseley, 
 
 - 
 
 
 113 
 
 33 
 
 Lock No. 37, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 
 115 
 
 31 
 
 
 W. Wright, 
 
 - 
 
 
 116 
 
 30 
 
 Lock No. 38, 
 
 Opposite Bent Creek, 
 
 - 
 
 
 116i 
 
 29k 
 
 
 W. Horseley, 
 
 - 
 
 
 118 
 
 28 
 
 Lock No. 39, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 
 118£ 
 
 27k 
 
 
 Elk Creek Mills, 
 
 - 
 
 
 119* 
 
 26k 
 
 
 J. Munday, 
 
 - 
 
 
 121 
 
 25 
 
 Lock No. 40, 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 
 121 * 
 
 24k 
 
 Lock No. 41, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 
 122 
 
 24 
 
 
 W. Dillard, - ' - 
 
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 123 
 
 23 
 
 
 D. Christian, deceased, - 
 
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 124 
 
 22 
 
 Lock No. 42, 
 
 J. W. Walker, B. F. Walker, 
 
 - 
 
 
 125 
 
 21 
 
 
 H. Watts’s heirs, 
 
 . 
 
 
 126 
 
 20 
 
 Lock No. 43, 
 
 J. Dillard’s heirs, P. Munday, 
 
 - 
 
 
 127 
 
 19 
 
 
 S. B. Turner, 
 
 . 
 
 
 128 
 
 18 
 
 
 J. Dillard, 
 
 . 
 
 
 129 
 
 17 
 
 Lock No. 44, 
 
 D. Staples, 
 
 Staples’s Mills, 
 
 - 
 
 
 129 h 
 
 16k 
 
 
 - . 
 
 
 130* 
 
 15k 
 
 Lock No. 45, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 131k 
 
 14k 
 
 
 W. Warwick, deceased, 
 
 . 
 
 
 132 
 
 14 
 
 
 Joel Flood, 
 
 . 
 
 
 133 
 
 13 
 
 
 Joshua Falls Dam, 
 
 . 
 
 
 134 
 
 12 
 
 
 R. Bolling, 
 
 - 
 
 
 135 
 
 11 
 
 
 Head of Pond, 
 
 - 
 
 
 136 
 
 10 
 
 Lock No. 46 and 47, 
 
 Crossing of James River, 
 
 - 
 
 
 136 
 
 10 
 
 Lock No. 48, 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 
 136k 
 
 0k 
 
 Lock No. 49, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 
 139k 
 
 6k 
 
 
 John Robertson, 
 
 . 
 
 
 140 
 
 6 
 
 Lock No. 50, 
 
 J. B. Cabell, 
 
 . 
 
 
 140* 
 
 6k 
 
 
 A. Duke, 
 
 - 
 
 
 143 
 
 3 
 
 Lock No. 51, 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 
 144 
 
 2 
 
 
 Lynchburg Basin, 
 
 - 
 
 
 146 
 
 0 
 
 
 Lynchburg Water Works Dam, 
 
 - 
 
 
 147 
 
 1 
 

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