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such established road or way as not to impede the
passage or transportation of persons or property
along the same, or when it shall be necessary to
pass through the lands of any individual it shall
also be their duty to provide for such individuals,
proper wagon ways across said road or roads, from
one part of his land to the other, and whenever
any road or roads may hereafter be authorized to
be made by the Legislature or County Commis-
sioners, when it may be necessary to cross said
railroad, the company shall make, or cause to be
made, a proper and convenient way for said road
to cross, the expense of which shall be paid as the
Legislature may direct. |
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Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That if the said
company should neglect to provide wagon ways
across said road, as required by the tenth section
of this Act, it shall be lawful for any individual
to sue said company, and be entitled to such dam-
ages as a jury may think him or her entitled to
for such neglect or refusal on the part of said
company. |
Damages to
be obtained. |
Sec. 12. And be it enacted, That the Maryland
Central Railroad, with the lateral ways, shall be
deemed and is hereby declared a public highway,
subject to the imposition of tolls, to be hereafter
regulated by this Act. |
Public high-
way. |
Sec. 13. And be it enacted, That a bell shall be
placed on each locomotive engine and rung at the
distance of at least one hundred rods from the
place whore the railroad shall cross any travelled
public road or street and be kept ringing until it
shall have crossed said road or street, or a steam
whistle shall be attached to each locomotive engine
and sounded at least one hundred rods from the place
where said— shall cross any road or street, except
in cities, and be sounded at intervals until it shall
have crossed such road or street, under the penalty
of thirty dollars for the neglect of the provisions
of this section, to be sued for before any Justice of
the peace of the election district in which such
neglect may happen in ten days after such pen-
alty was incurred, one half thereof to go to the
informer and the other half to the county in which
such neglect may happen, and said company shall
also be liable for all damages which shall be sus- |
Bell to be
placed on En-
gine and rung
at certain dis-
tances. |
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