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Ity conferred by this section, there being nothing In the record to show that
the lease Included property owned by the lessor not used In connection with
its railroad or the operation of its franchise. Buckler v. Safe Deposit Co.,
115 Md. —.

1904, art. 23, sec. 266. 1888, art. 23, sec. 179. 1876, ch. 242, sec. 23.

285. Every railroad company in this State shall cause all its trains
of cars for passengers to entirely stop upon each arrival at a station
advertised by such company as a station for receiving passengers upon
such trains at least one-half of one minute; and every company, and
every person in the employment of such company, that shall violate,
or cause or permit to be violated the provisions of this section, shall be
liable to a forfeiture of not more than one hundred nor less than
twenty dollars, to be recovered in an action of debt, upon the complaint
of any person before any justice of the peace of the county in which
such violation shall occur; and in all cases in which a forfeiture shall
occur under the provisions of this section, the company whose agents
shall cause or permit such violation shall be liable for the amount of
such forfeiture; and in all cases, the conductor upon such train shall
be held prima facie to have caused the violation of this section which
may occur upon the train in his charge; said forfeiture to be recovered
in the name of the State of Maryland, for the use of the common
schools.

A plaintiff who is struck by a train while trespassing upon a railroad track
near a country station, can not Invoke the failure of the company to comply
with this section in extenuation of his own negligence. Chesapeake R. R. Co.
v. Donahue, 107 Md. 122.
See sec. 319.

Ibid. sec. 267. 1888, art. 23, sec. 180. 1874, ch. 333, sec. 1.

286. Whenever freight, forwarded upon any railroad to any point
in this State, shall remain unclaimed, and the legal charges thereon
unpaid for the space of three months after its arrival at the point to
which it shall have been directed, and the owner or person to whom the
same is consigned, cannot be found upon diligent inquiry, or being
found and notified of the arrival of such freight, shall neglect to
receive the same and pay the legal charges thereon, for the space of
three months, then it shall be lawful for such railroad company to
sell such freight at public auction, after giving ten days' notice of the
time and place of said sale, by posting up notices thereof in three
public places in the county or city where such sale shall be made, and
out of the proceeds of such sale to pay the legal charges, including the
costs of storage on said freight, and to pay the overplus, if any. to the
owner or consignee of such freight, on demand.

Ibid. sec. 268. 1896, ch. 296, sec. 180 A.

287. Whenever freight forwarded upon any railroad to any point
in this State shall consist of live stock, or shall be of such a perishable
nature, or so damaged, or of such other character as to make it im-
practicable for it to remain in the possession of the company owning or