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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	thus valued, as fully as if it had been conveyed to the said corporation by the owner or owners of the same; and the. valuation, if not received when tendered, may, at any time thereafter, be received from the company without costs, by the said owner or owners or his, her or their legal representative or represen- tatives.
Capital stock.	Sec. 132. And be it enacted, That any such cor- poration formed as aforesaid, may, after its capital stock has been fully paid up, with the consent of the majority of the owners of the capital stock of such corporation, given in general meeting, extend their lines of telegraph, or may construct branch lines to connect with their main line, or may form a new corporation by uniting with another incorporated telegraph corporation or corporations, with such name and capital stock, and upon such terms as may be agreed upon between the said corporations ; and whenever such union as aforesaid is made, a certificate of the said union, and of the particulars
Certificate.	thereof, shall be executed and acknowledged by the Presidents, or other principal officers of said corporation so uniting, which said certificate shall be recorded in the Clerk's office of the Superior Court of Baltimore city, if the principal office of the said consolidated corporations is therein lo- cated, or in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of that county in which said principal office is located, and when said consolidated company is formed, it shall be subject to the provisions of this Article, so far as the same are applicable.
Conform to rules.	Sec. 133. And be it enacted, That any person, association or corporation, owning any telegraph line doing business within the State, shall receive despatches from and for other telegraph lines, as- sociations and companies, and from and for any individual, and shall transmit such despatches in the manner established by the rules and regula- tions of such telegraph lines, and in the order in which they are received, with impartiality and good faith, tinder the penalty of one hundred dol- lars for every neglect or refusal so to do, to be re- covered, with costs of suit, in the name and for
Proviso.	the benefit of the person or persons sending or desiring to send such despatch; provided, how- ever, that arrangements may be made with the