1893_private laws_229_6
CHAPTER 228 An act to incorporate the Mountain View Road Company, and to authorize the construction of a turnpike road between the iron bridge west of Morganton and the town of Linville or Millers Gap. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That when said road is open for public travel between the points hereinbefore specified, the company shall have power to erect gates on any part of the new portion of said road, the said gates to be at least ten miles apart: Provided, there shall be not more than two gates between Morganton and Linville, and collect such tolls as they may fix for passage over said road not to exceed the following: For hogs, cattle, sheep or goats, five cents each; loose horses, mules and asses ten cents each; single horsemen, fifteen cents; vehicles pulled by one animal, twenty cents; by two animals, thirty cents, and for each additional animal ten cents: Provided, that the said company and their associxtes, successors and assigns shall keep said road in good condition.