650 COEPOEATIONS. [ART. 23

1904, art. 23, sec. 236. 1888, art. 23, sec. 153. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 147.

254. No railroad built by any mining or other corporation under
the nine preceding sections of this article shall be more than ten miles
in length.

See notes to sec. 246.

Ibid. sec. 237. 1888, art. 23, sec. 154. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 148.

255. Every railroad constructed under the preceding provisions of
this article shall be furnished with all necessary means for the trans-
portation of all persons and property that may be offered for transporta-
tion thereon; and in all cases other than that provided for in section
252 of this article, or in all cases in which the said corporation fur-
nishes the said cars and motive power, and is subject to all the
expenses of transportation, it shall be authorized to charge rates not
exceeding two and a half cents per ton per mile on all coal or other
articles, and two.cents per mile for every passenger that may be trans-
ported on said road.

This section does not mean that no mining company can construct a rail-
road unless it owns rolling stock with which to operate it; traffic arrange-
ments may be made wth a railroad company. New York Mining Co. v.
Midland Mining Co., 99 Md. 514.

See sections 427, 435, and 441, and notes to sec. 246.

Ibid. sec. 238. 1888, art. 23, sec. 155. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 146.

256. Any railroad that may hereafter be constructed or purchased
by any such corporation formed under this article shall be so located
or used as to occupy as little space at the paEisage through the gap at
Will's mountain, near Cumberland, as may be compatible with the full
and convenient use of said railroad, and in such manner as to produce
as little obstruction as may be to the location of other railroads through
said gap by any corporation now authorized, or that may hereafter be
authorized to construct the same under the authority of this article.
See notes to sec. 246.

Ibid. sec. 239. 1888, art. 23. sec. 150. 1868, ch. 471. sec. 150.

257. All questions of difference that may arise between any two
corporations incorporated under this article, or between any corporation
and a citizen in regard to locating, constructing or working its railroad
or railroads, or in respect to the charges of transportation thereon, may
be submitted to and decided by the board of public works; and the
decision of the said board shall be final in all cases submitted to them.

See notes to sec. 246.

As to the board of public works, see art. 78 A.

Minors—Institutions and Societies for the Care and Protection of.

Ibid. sec. 240. 1900, ch. 316, secs. 1 and 2. 1904, ch. 77.
1906, ch. 78, sec. 1.

258. All bodies incorporated or to be incorporated under the general
laws for the purpose of the care, custody, guardianship or protection of