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CHAP. 251
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mile, on all goods, merchandise, or property of any de-
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scription whatsoever, transported on said rail road, or
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any lateral ways which they may construct, and also
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Passengers
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not exceeding two cents per mile, for each passenger
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Cars
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transported on said rail road; Provided, always, that
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when any car shall be placed on said rail road, it be
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adapted in size and all necessary particulars to said
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Reserved power
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rail roads; and provided, further, that the legislature
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of this State, may at any time hereafter, regulate, mo-
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dify or change the control, vise and estate of so much
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of the rail road as shall be constructed under the au-
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thority hereby given, and be situate from Braddock's
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Run, through the gorge of the mountains, to the basin
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or the canal of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal com-
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pany, at or near Cumberland, in such manner, as it
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may deem equitable towards the said company, and ne-
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cessary to the accommodation of the public travel, or
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use of so much of the said rail voad.
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Open books for subscription.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the President and
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Directors of the said Maryland Mining Company,
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and William McMahon, John J. Hoffman and William
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Houx, shall be and they are hereby authorized to open
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books for subscription to the capital stock of a Bank,
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to be called the Mineral Bank of Maryland, to he loca-
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ted at Cumberland, in the county of Allegany, the
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capital stock whereof shall be five hundred thousand
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dollars, divided into fire thousand shares of one hun-
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dred dollars each, which said books shall be opened in
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the town of Cumberland, and at such other places in
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this State or elsewhere, and under the direction of such
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persons, as they may appoint, and to be kept open for
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Notice required
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not less than two days, at each several place, having
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given notice for four weeks, in one or more newspapers
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published in the respective places where said books
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are to be opened.
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Corporation crea-
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That as soon as two
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ted and empow-ered
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thousand five hundred shares, shall have been subscrib-
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ed, the proprietors of said shares, their successor, and
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assigns shall be and they are hereby created, made and
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declared to be a corporation and body politic by the
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name and style of the Mineral Bank of Maryland,
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and by that name shall be and are hereby made able
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