LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1836.

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that it is his, her or their desire to lay down thereon a track or

tracks of rail way, it shall be the duty of the commissioners or

other tribunal, which may be appointed to assess and value the

damages which any person or persons will sustain by the open-

ing of such road, to take into consideration the additional

damage, if any, which would be caused by the construction of

such rail way, track or tracks, and also to determine the place

or places at which crossings shall be made over such tracks, for

the convenience of the owners of the land on either side of

such private way or road, and shall specify the same in their

return to the court or commissioners by whom they may have

been appointed.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That when any private road or

Authority to

way shall have been opened under the provisions of this act,

lay rails.

it shall and may be lawful for the party or parties who may

have applied for the same, to lay down a track or tracks of rail

way thereon, and with the consent of any incorporated com-

pany or individuals, proprietors of any rail road to which such

private road may be opened, to connect such track or tracks of

Connect.

private rail way with the same ; Provided always, that the said

Payment of

party or parties shall have first paid or tendered in payment to

damages.

such persons as may be entitled thereto, the damages respec-

tively awarded to them ; and shall also within thirty days after

the construction of any such track or part of a track, make pro-

per crossings at such places as shall have been designated as

aforesaid.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That if any road, laid out under

Quarries

the provisions of this act, shall pass over or through any quarry,

protected.

it shall, upon the application of the owners of said quarry, and

after one-third of the quantity of stone in the same may have

been taken therefrom, be the duty of the county court, levy

court, or county commissioners, under whose authority the

same may have been laid out, to have the location of the said

road changed in such manner as to avoid interfering with the

working of such quarry.

CHAPTER 264.

AN ACT for the prevention of Frauds on the Right of Voting by the

Stockholders in the several Incorporated Institutions in this State.

SEC. I. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,

On notice

That whenever five or more of the stockholders of any private

given of
design to

corporation created by this state, at least thirty days prior to an

canvass.

election for managers, directors or other officers of any such

corporation, elected by the stockholders thereof, shall give

notice in writing of their intention to canvass the votes which

may be given at the next ensuing election thereof, by a notice

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