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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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rates for such transportation of passengers and freight on
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said railway, and any of the branches or laterals thereof,
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as the board of directors may from time to time determine;
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and said corporation shall also have the power and right to
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acquire, hold and manage and dispose of any real or personal
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property essential, necessary or relevant to the uses and pur-
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To buy, de-
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poses aforesaid, and also to acquire any real estate adjacent
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velop and sell
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to such line of railway, or any lateral or branch thereof, and
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property.
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to develop and sell said property ; and the said corporation shall
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also have the power to manufacture, furnish, sell and use
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electricity, electric power and light in the different towns
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and villages along said route or territory in Wicomico County,
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and to contract for and furnish electric lights for lighting
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the streets, roads, public or private buildings in the different
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towns and villages along said route or territory in said county
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within fifteen miles of said railroad, and for motive power
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and other purposes ; and said corporation is hereby authorized
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and empowered to lay, erect, construct, build or purchase
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and operate lines of wire, tubes, posts, conductors and conduits
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along, under and upon the streets, squares, lanes, alleys, roads
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or ways whatsoever in said county, or any city or town therein
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within fifteen miles of said railroad; provided, permission
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Proviso.
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be first obtained from the Board of County Commissioners,
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and if in any town, then the permission of the Town Com-
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missioners, when such exist, but the consent of the owner
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or owners of such property shall be first had and obtained,
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unless the same shall be condemned according to law, and
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shall have power to connect the same with any manufactory,
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public or private building, or other structure or object, car
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or conveyance, and in general to manufacture, sell, furnish and
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supply electric light and electric power or stored electricity
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or electric machinery and supplies for any and all purposes that
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may be desired or required within the limits aforesaid; and
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the said corporation shall also have the power to erect, con-
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struct, build and maintain such bridge or bridges over any
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river or streams of water in said limits, as the directors of
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said corporation may deem necessary for the uses and purposes
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of said railway, and to use the necessary means to accom-
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plish all the purposes of said corporation; provided, permis-
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Permission to
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sion is first granted by the Board of County Commissioners
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be granted.
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of said county to use the roads, streets or other public property
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proposed to be taken, and by the Town Commissioners in the
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various incorporated towns, and by the City Council and
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Mayor of the City of Salisbury, in said county.
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