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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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vested in the Company hereby incorporated, and
for carrying the objects of this Act into effect, pro-
vided only, that such by-laws shall not be con-
trary to the laws of this State, or any of the pro-
visions of this Act.
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Powers.
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Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That the President
and Directors of said Company shall be, and they
are hereby invested with all the rights and powers
necessary to construct and operate a railroad or
railroads, not over one hundred feet in width,
from Frederick by way of Catoctin Furnaces and
Mechanicstown to the Pennsylvania and Maryland
State line, in the vicinity of Emmitsburg, with as
many tracks or sets of tracks as the said President
and Directors may deem necessary ; and for the
more thorough and effectual development of the
mineral resources of the county adjacent to the
line of their road, they shall have the right and
power to construct and operate in a similar manner
lateral railroads from any point or points on the
main line of their road to the distance of twelve
miles on either side thereof, and they may cause to
be made, or may contract with others for making,
any part of said railroad or railroads, and they,
their agents, or those with whom they may con-
tract for making any part of the same, or their
agents, after the purchase or condemnation thereof
in the manner hereinafter prescribed, may enter
upon, use and excavate any land that may be
wanted for the site of said railroad, or the erection
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Repairs.
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of warehouses or other works necessary for said
railroad, or for any other purposes necessary for
the construction or repair of said railroad or its
works ; and they may build bridges, fix scales
and weights, lay rails, and may take and use any
earth, timber, gravel, stones and other materials
which may be wanted for the construction or re-
pair of any part of said railroad or its works, and
may make and construct all works whatsoever ne-
cessary or expedient, in order to the proper com-
pletion of said railroad.
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Condemn.
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Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That the President
and Directors of said Company, or a majority of
them, or their agents, may agree with the owner
or owners of any land, earth, timber, gravel or
other materials, or any improvement, for the con-
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