EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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satisfactory to the County Commissioners of Cecil County ; and

when said work shall have been completed the said County

Commissioners of Cecil County shall, by written order passed

by them, declare that the said work has been done in a manner

satisfactory to them. The said railroad company shall pay

to the owners of property binding upon all that part of the

said "Poct Road," the grade of which shall be changed under

the provisions of this Act, all such damages, if any, as shall be

caused by such change of grade to the property owned by them

binding on said portion of said road ; and if any property owner

cannot agree with the railroad company upon the amount so

to be paid for the damage to the property of such property

owner, then, and in that event, the damages sustained by such

property owner in respect of his said property may be re-

covered by civil action instituted against the said railroad corn-

Property own-

pany in the Circuit Court for Cecil County by such owner at

ers to recover
by civil ac-

any time within twelve months from the time of the com-

tion.

pletion of the work connected with such change of grade of

said "Post Road." In connection with the construction of any

new passenger station which the said railroad company shall

construct in the City of Havre de Grace, on the line of the rail-

way and railroad tracks authorized by this Act to be con-

structed, vhe said railroad company shall grade and macadamize

with paved sidewalks in a manner similar to the other streets

in Havre de Grace so much of streets binding on and leading

Certain street*
to be im-

to the block in which the said new passenger station shall be

proved by
railroad com-

located as will, when so graded and macadamized, afford by

pany.

their connection with streets now graded reasonable access to

the said station, but the future maintenance of said street shall

be at the cost and expense of the City of Havre de Grace.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of acquir-

ing all the rights, easements and properties requisite for the

Acquirement

construction, maintenance and operation of the bridge men-

of rights, etc.

tioned in the first section of this Act, its abutments, piers and

other appurtenances, and the construction, maintenance and

operation of the tracks and lines of railroad mentioned in the

second section of this Act, the said Philadelphia, Baltimore and

Washington Railroad Company is hereby clothed with all

rights and powers which are set forth in Section 167 of Ar-

ticle 23 of the Code of Public General Laws, title "Corpora-

tions," sub-title "Railroad Companies," as repealed and re-

enacted with amendments by Chapter 151 of the Acts of the

General Assembly of Maryland at its January Session of 1896,

or any amendments made to said Section 167 at the present ses-

sion of the General Assembly for the acquisition of the lands