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the valuation, if not received when tendered, may
at any time thereafter be received without cost
from the said company by the owner or owners,
or his, her, or their legal representative, but in
all other cases the cost and expenses attending
any inquisition provided for in this section shall
be paid by the said company. |
Duty of the
Company. |
Sec. 14. And be it enacted, That if in the loca-
tion of the said railroad it shall become necessary
to pass over any navigable river, canal or creek,
by a bridge or other edifice, it shall be the duty of
said company to construct and keep in repair a
sufficient pass or draw in said bridge or edifice
over the channel or deepest part of said river,
canal or creek, for the purpose of letting vessels
pass and repass through the same, which draw
shall at all times, on the approach of any masted
vessel or vessels, be drawn, at the cost of the said
railroad company, so as to admit the free passage
of said vessel or vessels; and it shall also be the
duty of the said company to construct and keep
in repair good and sufficient passages across said
railroad, where any public road shall intersect and
cross the same, so that the passage of carriages,
horses, persons and cattle, along the said road,
shall not be obstructed; and likewise, when the
said railroad shall intersect any farm to provide
and keep in repair a suitable passage for the use
of said farms; and that the said company be
authorized to aid in the construction of any roads
or bridges not connected directly with their said
road, but for the purpose of bringing business
thereto, either by subscription to stock or other- |
Proviso. |
wise, or to construct the same; provided, however,
that all bridges over navigable streams be
subject to the conditions hereinbefore prescribed. |
Penalty for
injury. |
Sec. 15. And be it enacted, That if any person
or persons shall wilfully obstruct, injure, impair
or destroy any part of said railroad, or any of the
works, buildings, carriages, vehicles, engines or
machines of said company, he, she or they, for
every such offence, shall forfeit and pay to the
said company three times the actual damages so
sustained, to be sued for and recovered, with costs
of suit, before any Justice of the Peace, or in any
court having cognizance of such matters, by action |
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