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intersect any established road or way, the said President and
Directors shall so construct the said road across such estab-
lished road or way as not to impede the passage or transpor-
tation of persons or property along the same; and when it
shall be necessary to pass through the lands of any individual,
it shall also be their duty to provide for such individual proper
wagon ways across said road or roads from one part of his
land to the other.

Power to Purchase Machines, &c.

Sec. 15. And be it enacted, That the said President and
Directors shall have power to purchase with the funds of the
company and place and 'use on any railroad constructed by
them under this act, all machines, vehicles, or carriages of
any description whatever which they may deem proper, for
the purpose of transportation on the said road; and they
shall have power to charge for tolls upon and the transpor-
tation of persons, goods, produce, merchandise, or property
of any description transported by them on said railroad or
railroads, any sum not exceeding eight cents per ton for both
tolls and transportation for every mile the same may be trans-
ported, and for passengers not exceeding four cents per
mile for each passenger. And it shall not be lawful for any
person or persons, or for any corporate body to travel upon or
use the roads of the said company, or to transport any per-
sons, merchandise, or property of any description upon or
along the road or roads of the said company without the
license or permission of the President and Directors of said
company.

Bells to be placed on Engines,

SEO. 16. 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 where the railroad shall
cross any travelled public road or street, and be kept ringing
until it shall have crossed such road or street, or a steam
whistle shall be attached to each locomotive engine, and to
be sounded at least one hundred rods from the place where
the railroad shall cross any such road or street, and shall 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 or ward in which such
neglect may happen, in ten days after such penalty was in-
curred, one-half thereof to go to the informer, and the other
half to the county or city in which such neglect may happen ;
and the said company shall also be liable for all damages
which shall be sustained by any person by reason of such ne-
glect, and all penalties imposed by thisact may be sued for in