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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

ward through Washington and Allegany Counties, Maryland,

and said Morgan and Mineral Counties, West Virginia, to its

connection with the system of the West Virginia Central and

Pittsburg Railway Company, near Cumberland, upon its route

as now located, be and the same are hereby approved.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted., That in addition to the special

Powers of con-
demnation.

powers of condemnation conferred upon the Western Maryland

Railroad Company by said Chapter 71 of the Acts of 1872,

said company be and it is hereby authorized in all cases,

whether arising under this Act or otherwise, to have and exer-

cise all the powers of condemnation, and to have and exercise

the same in the manner and according to the method pre-

scribed by the general railroad incorporation laws of this State

as set out in Article 23 of the Code of Public General Laws of

Maryland, or any amendments thereof already made, or which

shall be hereafter made.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said Western Maryland

Crossing and
bridging the

Railroad Company be and it is hereby expressly authorized

canal.

to cross, recross and bridge with its railroad the Chesapeake

and Ohio Canal, the Potomac Valley and the Potomac river,

at the places where its said railroad line has been now located

and laid down upon the ground, or at such other places as

shall be found to be necessary and proper by said railroad

company and to condemn all such easements of crossing if nec-

essary, and that the aforesaid action of the Board of Public

Works of Maryland in approving the said plans and fixtures

of the said railroad company for crossing the said canal be

and the same is hereby ratified and approved, and the Board

of Public Works may hereafter approve any changes or modi-

fications of said plans or fixtures upon the application of said

railroad company.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the Western Maryland Rail-

Use of land in

road Company be and it is hereby expressly authorized to

perpetuity.

condemn, either under the special provisions of its charter or

under the aforesaid general law, for its use in perpetuity, as a

right of way for its railroad as now located thereon, such strips

and parcels of land of, or owned by, the Chesapeake and Ohio

Canal Company, and any interest or ownership in said strips

and parcels of land upon which said railroad is now located,

which lie on the berme or northern side of said canal between

Big Pool, in Washington County, and the terminus of said

railroad near Cumberland, and whether said strips and par-

cels lie above the waters of said canal or are covered by waters