SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved March 28, 1872.
CHAPTER 144.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact section thirteen of
the Act of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven,
chapter three hundred and three, entitled " an
Act to revive and extend an Act to incorporate the
Worcester Railroad Company."
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That section thirteen of the Act of eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven, chapter three hundred and
three, entitled " an Act to revive and extend an Act
to incorporate the Worcester Railroad Company,"
passed at the January session, eighteen hundred and
fifty-three, with amendments, be and the same is
hereby repealed, and re-enacted to read as follows:
13. That the said President and Directors, or a
majority of them, may purchase with the funds of
the said company, and place on said railroad all
machines, wagons, engines, vehicles or carriages
whatsoever, for the purpose of transportation on
said road, and may charge for tolls upon the trans-
portation of persons, goods, produce, merchandise
or property of any kind, transported by them along
said railroad, the following rates, namely: on all
goods, produce, merchandise or property of any
description whatsoever, not exceeding ten cents a
ton per mile, except lumber, bark and staves, on
which the charge shall not exceed five cents a ton
per mile; on cord wood, not to exceed five cents a
-cord per mile; on shingles, not to exceed four cents
per thousand per mile; and for transportation of
passengers, not exceeding six cents per mile for each
passenger, and his baggage not weighing more than
"fifty pounds, or occupying a space more than four
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In force
Repealed.
Re-enacted
President and
Directors
may purchase
Rate of tolls,
to be charges
Rate of tolls
on passeng'rs
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