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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

changing the site or location of such road, shall be

ascertained and paid by said company, in the same

manner as is provided for in regard to the location

and construction of its own road.

To alter or

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said company be

change.

and it is hereby authorized and empowered from time

to time, and at any and all times hereafter, to alter or

change the location or grade ofany part or parts of its

said road, or of any branch thereof, whenever it shall

deem it necessary or expedient; provided, the said

company in making the said changes or alterations,

shall not cause the said road to digress from any of

the points designated in its charter, as defining the

route of the said road; and in making such changes

or alterations in the location or grade of the said

road or its branches, the said company shall have

and exercise all the powers conferred by its charter

or by this or any other amendment thereto, for the

purpose of originally locating and constructing said

road, and they shall pay damages to the owner of

the lands over which the new route may be located,

to be ascertained as hereinbefore provided.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That if it shall be ne-

cessary or expedient for said company to occupy any

part of any road, street, lane, alley or public way or

ground of any kind, it shall be competent for the

municipal or other public officers or authorities,

owning or having charge or control thereof, and the

Expedient to

said company to agree upon the terms and conditions

occupy.

on which the same may be so occupied, and in case

they are unable to agree, the said company may

appropriate so much of the same as may be necessary,

in the same manner and on the same terms as is

provided for the appropriation of the property of

individuals by the provisions of the said charter and

of this act.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That no subscription,

heretofore made or hereafter to be made, to the capital

Not deemed

stock of the said company, shall be deemed to be

invalid.

invalid by reason of the non-payment of the one

dollar per share, required by the charter of the said

company to be paid at the time of subscribing for

shares of said stock.