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shall be cut on any land other than the bed of the
railroad by the Company, or taken by them or any
of their agents or employees, for the use of said
railroad without the consent of the owners, and
provided further, that all costs and expenses that
accrue in consequence of the condemnation of any
lands or material for the use of the said railroad
shall be paid by the Company.
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Sec. 12. And be it enacted, That whenever in
the construction of said railroad or railroads it
shall be necessary to cross or intersect any estab-
lished roads or ways, either public or private, it
shall be the duty of said President and Directors
of said Company so to construct the said railroad
across such established roads or ways, as not to
impede the passage or transportation of persons or
property along the same, or when it shall be neces-
sary to pass through the lands of any individual,
it shall also be their duty to provide for such in-
dividuals proper wagon-ways across said railroad
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Cross roads
or ways.
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from one part of his lands to the other, and when-
ever any road or roads may hereafter be authorized
to be made by the Legislature, when it may be
necessary to cross said railroad, the Company shall
make or cause to be made a proper and convenient
crossing-way for said road, the expenses of which
shall be paid as the Legislature may direct.
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Wagon ways.
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Sec. 13. And be it enacted, That if the said Com-
pany should neglect to provide wagon-ways across
said railroad as required by the preceding Section
of this Act, it shall and may be lawful for any in-
dividual to sue said Company, and be entitled to
receive such damages as a jury may think him or
her entitled to receive for such neglect or refusal
on the part of said Company.
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May sue.
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Sec. 14. And be it enacted, That nothing in this
Act shall be so construed as to authorize the said
Company, or the President, Directors and stock-
holders thereof, to consolidate the said Company
with any foreign Company or corporation, or to
dispose of or sell the same to any railroad Com-
pany or corporation outside of the limits of this
State, but in case of any complaint made to this
effect to the Governor of Maryland, it shall be his
duty to instruct the Attorney General to examine
into the said causes of complaint, whose imme-
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Not to con-
solidate.
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