EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the said company be and it
is hereby authorized, in order to construct said railway on
such land or property of any individual or corporation, or on
such private right of way of any individual or corporation,
as it may be necessary to occupy in order to construct said
railway between the points authorized by this Act, and where

To summon
jury of con-
demnation.

the consent of the owners of such ground or property cannot
be obtained, a jury shall be summoned by the sheriff of Anne
Arundel County, upon a warrant of some justice of the peace
of said county, to condemn said land or property, and the in-
quisition thereupon shall be signed by the sheriff and jury
and be returned by said sheriff to the Circuit Court for Anne
Arundel County, and unless good cause be shown against
said inquisition of the jury, it shall be ratified and confirmed
by the said court at the term next after the return of said in-

quisition, and be recorded, and upon payment of the damages
assessed by said inquisition, said company shall proceed to
occupy and possess the land or property so awarded for the
purposes aforesaid, but if said inquisition shall be set aside, said

Right to oc-
cupy land.

court may, in its discretion, as often as may be necessary,
direct another or other inquisitions in the manner above de-
scribed.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted. That the president and directors
of said company may borrow, from time to time, for the

Providing for
issuance of

corporate purposes of said company, such amounts of money
as they may deem proper, and provide for the payment of
the same and the interest thereon, by mortgage or otherwise,
and may issue bonds for the same and provide for the payment
of the principal and interest thereof in the way they deem
proper; and the said president and directors may also issue
certificates of stock of said company and make proper and
necessary provisions for the payment of dividends thereon.

bonds.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 12, 1904.

CHAPTER 345.

AN ACT to facilitate the obtaining of judgment in undis-

puted cases before the Circuit Court for Prince George's
County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That in any action hereafter brought in the Circuit Court