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shall have. the right to furnish all or a portion of such
cars as he or it may require, for the carriage of his
or its coal, which cars shall be adapted in size and all
necessary particulars for use on said railway or rail-
ways, and shall be loaded and unloaded in like
manner as other cars used thereon; and it shall be
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Right to
furnish.
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the duty of said Cumberland and Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company, to provide the necessary motive
power, and to transport the coal therein with the
same dispatch, and in all respects in the same manner
that said company may transport coal in its own cars
or in cars provided by it, and to return such cars so
furnished by any person or corporation, after the
same shall have been unloaded, free of charge to the
place of shipment, with the same dispatch as its own
cars; and such cars so furnished by any person or
corporation while the same are in use on said railway
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Provide mo-
tive power.
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or railways, shall be under the exclusive control of
said railroad company in all respects, as if the same
were its own cars, and shall be subject to the same
rules and regulations, but none other, as the cars of
the said railroad company employed in the transpor-
tation of coal; and every person or corporation so
furnishing cars for the transportation of his or its
coal over said railway or railways or any part thereof,
shall be entitled to and shall be allowed an abatement
from the rates of tolls, and transportation herein pro-
vided at the rate of one half cent per ton per mile,
for every ton of coal transported in cars so furnished
by such person or corporation.
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Under control
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SEC. 4. And be. it further enacted, That the word ton
used in this act shall be taken and held to mean a
full ton of twenty-two hundred and forty pounds.
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Signification
of the word
"ton. "
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SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That in case the
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad Company
shall sell, lease or part with the control of said rail-
way or railways or any part thereof, under authority
of the General Assembly or otherwise, then the said
railway or railways and every part thereof, shall
continue to be operated by the persons or body cor-
porate buying, leasing or obtaining control of the
same under the several provisions of this act, subject
to the rights, duties and obligations herein provided.
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Lease or part
with contract.
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