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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

organized in pursuance of law, may lease or pur-
ohase any part, or all of any railroad, constructed
by any other Company, if said Companies' lines
of said road are continuous or connected as afore-
said, upon such terms and conditions as may be
agreed on between said Companies respectively; or
any two or more Railroad Companies whose lines are
so connected, may enter into any arrangement for

Common ben-
efit.

their common benefit, consistent with and calcu-
lated to promote the objects for which they were
created ; provided, that no such aid shall be fur-
nished, nor any purchase, lease or arrangement

Proviso-

perfected, until a meeting of the stockholders of
each of said companies shall have been called by
the Directors thereof, at such time and place and
in such manner as they shall designate, and the
holders of at least two-thirds of the stock of such
company represented at such meeting, in person or
by proxy, and voting thereat, shall have assented
thereto.

Stop at sta-
tions.

Sec. 26. And be it enacted, That every railroad
company in the State shall cause all its trains of
cars for passengers to entirely stop upon each arri-
val at a station advertised by such company as a
station for receiving passengers, upon such trains
at least one-half of one minute ; and every com-
pany, and every person in the employment of such
company, that shall violate, or cause or permit to

Penalty.

be violated, the provisions of this section, shall be
liable to a forfeiture of not more than one hundred
nor less than twenty dollars, to be recovered in an
action of debt, upon the complaint of any person,
before any Justice of the Peace of the county in
which such violation shall occur ; and in all cases
in which a forfeiture shall occur under the provi-
sions of this section, the company whose agents
shall cause or permit such violation, shall be liable

Evidence of

neglect.

for the amount of such forfeiture, and in all cases
the conductor upon such train shall be held prima
facie to have caused the violation of this section,
which may occur upon the train in his charge ;
said forfeiture to be recovered in the name of the
State of Maryland, for the use of common schools.

Approved April 4, 1870.