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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

to the proper completion and working of said railroad and

branches, and may acquire any land, earth, stone, gravel or

other material required for any of the purposes aforesaid,

by agreement with the owner or owners of any land, earth,

timber, gravel or other materials, or any improvements for

the construction or repairs of said road or its works, for the

purchase or use and occupation of the same, and in case they

do not agree, or if the owner or owners, or any of them, be a

femme covert, under age, or non compos mentis, or out of

the county in which the property may lie, when such lands or

materials may be needed l the said company may proceed to

condemn and acquire the use of the same for the purposes

of said railroad, or for the purposes of the motive power

thereof, in the manner provided for by the Code of Public

General Laws of Maryland, Article 23, and the Supplement

to the Code of Public General Laws, Sections 167, 167 A,

168, 169,169A and 173, inclusive, so far as the same may be

applicable, and may condemn land, easements, rights of way,

To have gen-
eral rights

material and privileges for the purposes of the company in

and privilege

s the manner aforesaid, and shall have all other rights, privi-

leges and powers which are granted by the General Laws

of Maryland, so far as the same does not conflict herewith.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That said board of directors

Will open
books for

are hereby authorized to open books for subscription to the

subscriptions.

capital stock of said railroad company, at such times and

places as they may deem proper, and receive subscriptions in

money or property, real, personal or mixed, or in labor or

service, at such valuation as may be agreed upon between

the said company and those subscribing at time of such sub-

scription, and not less than one dollar per share shall be paid

at the time of making such subscription, the said board of

directors having power to determine in what instalments the

remaining portion of said subscriptions shall be paid, and upon

failure to pay any such instalments or any subscription, within

twenty days after the same may be due and demandable, the

stock on which it is demanded shall, at the pleasure of the

May recover

board of directors, be forfeited to the company and sold for

by suit or

its benefit, but the board of directors may remit such for-

action at law,

feiture or may recover in the name of the company such in-

stalment by suit or action at law, or in such way and upon

such terms as they may deem proper.

Charter.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the charter of the said

company shall be perpetual.