JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 289

CHAPTER 202.
AN ACT to repeal section sixteen of chapter four
hundred and seventy-six, passed at the January
session eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled
"an act to provide for the creation and regulation
of incorporated companies in the State of Mary-
land," and to re-enact the same so as to read as
follows:
SECTION 1. And be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That section sixteen of chapter four hun-
dred and seventy-six, passed at the January session,
eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled " an act to	Repealed and
provide for the creation and regulation of incorpo-	enacted
rated companies in the State of Maryland," be and
the same is hereby repealed, and the said sixteenth
section be re-enacted to read as follows :
SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful	Lawful
for such corporations, whenever it may be necessary
in the construction of such road to cross any road
or stream of water, to divert the same from its pres-
ent location or bed, provided it is not a navigable
stream; and it shall be lawful for such corporation
or for any railroad corporation, heretofore incorpo-
rated under any general or any special law, whose
railroad now crosses or may hereafter cross any pub-
lic or private road, to carry said road over its track
or tracks by a bridge, or to carry it under its track
or tracks by an under crossing And to make such
crossings, said corporation may divert said road from
its present location ; and for entering or taking any	Taking lands
lands which may be necessary therefor, the said cor-
poration may proceed as in case of land necessary
for its railroad under the powers given it by law ; but
said corporations shall, without unnecessary delay,
place such road or stream in such condition as to
not impair its former usefulness ; and provided such
corporations shall be liable for damage caused by
such diversion of any stream.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	In force
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 1st, 1874.
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