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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That in order to enable the said

Pennsylvania Railroad Company in Maryland to

carry out the purposes for which it was organized, as

stated in the foregoing preamble, the said company

Granted
authority t o

is hereby granted express authority to cross the tracks
of the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad at

cross

a point immediately west of the western entrance

of " The Narrows " by substantial bridging or tres-

tling at an altitude of not less than nineteen feet

clear above the present tracks of said railroad, and

to cross the Potomac wharf branch of said Cumber-

land and Pennsylvania Railroad, and to cross the

National road leading from the city of Cumberland,

such last mentioned two crossings to be either at

grade or by substantial bridging or trestling over

the same as may be determined upon by the Presi-

dent and Directors of said Pennsylvania Railroad

Company as being most advisable to reach either

their depot or said canal; provided said trestling

Shall be so

and bridging shall be so located and constructed as

located.

not to interfere with the safe and uninterrupted

running of trains upon the tracks of the Cumber-

land and Pennsylvania Railroad, or its Potomac

wharf branch, now existing or hereafter to be con-

structed within the present limits of the condem-

nation of the said Cumberland and Pennsylvania

Railroad; and provided, also, that the crossing of

the Potomac Wharf Branch, if at grade, shall be

constructed and kept in repair by the said Cumber-

land and Pennsylvania Railroad Company, at the

expense of the said Pennsylvania Railroad Com-

pany; and that if deemed necessary by the Cum-

berland and Pennsylvania Railroad Company, said

Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad Company

shall erect a proper signal station at the crossing,

Keep a watch-

and keep a watchman thereat ; said signal station

man.

and watchman to be paid for by the said Pennsyl-

vania Railroad Company ; and that if said crossings
over the Potomac Wharf Branch of the Cumberland

and Pennsylvania Railroad, and over the National

road be above grade, the trestling or bridging where-
on the same is constructed shall be nineteen feet

Clear above

clear above the tracks of the Potomac Wharf Branch,

tracks.

and at sufficient height above said national road to

allow the free passage thereunder of vehicles of every