264

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

of said President and Directors of the said Com-
pany so to construct the said railroad across such
established road or way as not to impede the pas-
sage 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 pro-

Wagon ways.

per 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, where it may be neces-
sary to cross said railroad, the Company shall
make, or cause to be made, a proper and convenient
way for said road to cross.

Neglect.

Sec. 17. And be it enacted, That if the said
Company shall neglect to provide wagon ways
across said road, as provided and required by the
sixteenth Section of this Act, it shall be lawful
for any individual to sue said Company, and be en-
titled to such damages as a jury may think him or
her entitled to for such neglect or refusal on the
part of said Company.

Declare a
highway.

Sec. 18. And be it enacted, That the Manches-
ter Railroad, with its lateral ways, shall be deemed
and is hereby declared a public highway, subject
to the imposition of tolls, to be hereinafter regu-
lated by this Act.

Transporta-
tion.

Sec, 19. And be it enacted. That said Company
shall start and run their cars for the transporta-
tion of passengers and property, at regular times,
to be fixed by public notice, and shall furnish suffi-
cient accommodations for the transportation of all
such passengers and property as shall, within a
reasonable time previous thereto, be offered for
transportation at the place of starting, and at
usual stopping places established for receiving and
discharging way passengers and freight for that
train, and shall take, transport and discharge such
passengers and property at, from and to such places,
on due payment of the freight or fare legally au-

Payment of
freight or fare

thorized therefor, and shall be liable to the party
aggrieved in an action for damages, for any ne-
glect or refusal in the premises.

Sec. 20. And be it enacted, That a bell shall be
placed on each locomotive engine, and rung at the