JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 183
the main stem of the road hereby intended, at some
suitable point or points thereof to be by them deter-
mined, not exceeding one hundred 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 rail-
road 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 purchase and condemnation thereof
in the manner hereinafter prescribed, may enter
upon and 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
useful for the construction or repair of the said road
or its works, and that they may build bridges, fix
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Cause to be
made.
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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 repair
of any part of said road or its works, and may make
and construct all work whatsoever which may be
deemed necessary or expedient in order to the pro-
per completion of said road.
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Take and use.
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SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of
constructing and equipping the aforesaid Elkton and
Delaware Junction Railroad, the said company is
hereby authorized to borrow money to any amount
not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars, the
interest thereon to be paid semi-aunually, and to
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Borrow mon'y
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issue their bonds therefor in sums not less than one
hundred dollars, and to secure the payment of said
bonds and their interest by executing and delivering
to such trustee or trustees, as they may select, a
mortgage of all or any part of the road, property,
rights, liberties and franchises of the said company
in the State of Maryland.
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Issue bonds.
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SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That the president and
directors of said company, or a majority of them, or
their agents may agree with the owner or owners of
any lands, earth, timber, gravel or other materials
for the construction or the repairs, of any part of said
road or its works, for the purpose, purchase or use,
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May agree.
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