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on the Reisterstown and Hanover turnpike road, and
also at such other crossings of public roads as may
from time to time be designated, by order of the
County Commissioners of Baltimore county, as the
public necessities may in the future from time to
time require ; which said order shall not be passed
until after notice to the company, and an opportu-
nity has been given to be heard as to such supposed	Opportunity to
necessity; and that at all such points where the track	be heard
of any other railroad company, now existing or here-
after to be created and worked by steam, crosses or
intersects any turnpike, public road, street or high-
way, as may be so designated by such Comity Com-
missioners, it shall be the duty of the railroad com-
pany or corporation, owning or using said track, to
station a guard of at least one person, and it shall be
the duty of such guards to warn all persons who may	Duty of gaurds
be lawfully upon such street, avenue, turnpike, pub-
lic road or other highway, of the approach of all loco-
motives or trains of cars by displaying, in as conspicu-
ous a manner as possible, a flag by daylight and a
colored light during the hours of darkness, and to
continue such display, said flag or light as the case
may be, during the continuance of all locomotives or
trains of cars in the vicinity of such crossing or points
of intersection.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That if any such railroad
company or corporation, owning or using any track,
shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with the pro-	Negledt or re- fuse to comply.
visions of the preceding section, it shall be liable to
a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more
than fifty dollars tor each and every day of failure,
neglect, or refusal to comply with the provisions of	Fine
the preceding section, to be collected as small tines
are collected under existing laws of this State.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, If any such railroad com-
pany or corporation shall fail, neglect, or refuse to	Neglect or re-
comply with the requirements of the first section of	fuse to comply
this act, on or before the first day of July next ensuing
the passage of this act, then it shall be the duty of the
County Commissioners of Baltimore county to station
guards and flagmen at the points indicated, men-	Duty of the County Com-
tioned and directed in this act to be guarded, which	missioners
guards and flagmen so appointed shall be paid by the
railroad company or corporation whose crossings or