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	which may be deemed needful or eligible, and for the purpose aforesaid to enter upon any land ne- cessary for locating, laying out, surveying or making the same or any part thereof, or to procure land, gravel, wood or timber, said timber not to be condemned if off the line of said railroad for such use, and to obtain the right and title to the same as hereinafter provided, and for the purpose of laying off and constructing the said railroad they shall have all the powers and privileges here- inafter described, and they may take and adopt the route which to them may seem most suitable and proper.
Powers.	Sec. 12. 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 for the repairs of said railroad, and also with power to decide on as many lateral ways to run from the main stem of the road hereby in- tended at some suitable point or points thereof, to be by them determined, not exceeding one hun-
Lateral roads.	dred feet wide, with as many sets of tracks as their President and Directors may deem necessary, and they may cause to be made, or contract with others for making said railroad or any part thereof, or of said lateral railroads ; and they, their agents, or those with whom they may contract for making any part of the same or their agents, after the pur- chase and condemnation thereof in the manner hereinafter prescribed, may enter upon, use and excavate any land which may be wanted for sites of said railroad, or the erection of the warehouses or other works necessary for the said railroad, or for any other purpose necessary or needful for the construction or repairs of said road or its works, and that they may build bridges, fix scales and weights, lay rails, and may take and use any earth, timber, gravel, stone or 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 which may be deemed necessary or expedient in order to the proper completion of said road.
Borrow money.	Sec. 13. And be it enacted. That for the purpose of constructing and equipping the aforesaid Wi- comico and Nanticoke Railroad the said Company