666 CORPORATIONS. [ART. 23

operating said railroad 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 after diligent
inquiry, or being found and notified of the arrival of such freight shall
refuse or neglect to remove the same, and pay the legal charges thereon,
for the space of twenty-four hours, then, upon application by said rail-
road company, verified by affidavit, to any judge of the circuit court for
the county in which the freight may be, or to any judge of the supreme
bench of Baltimore city, assigned to one of the common law courts of
said city, if said freight be in said city, setting forth the reasons for
which said application is made, it shall be lawful for said judge to
pass an order for the sale of said freight whenever said judge may
deem such sale expedient, on such terms and notice as the order may
prescribe; and the proceeds of said sale, if there be any remaining
over, after payment of the expenses incident thereto and legal charges,
including cost of the keep of such live stock or cost of storage on said
freight, shall be paid to the owner or consignee of said freight on
demand.

1904, art. 23, sec. 269. 1S88, art. 23, sec. 181. 1874, ch. 333, sec. 2.

288. Whenever personal baggage, sample packages, bundles or bag-
gage transported by any railroad company, doing business as common
carriers, to any points in this State, shall remain at the place to which
the same is or shall be directed for the space of three months, or any
lost or stray baggage, sample package, bundles or luggage, shall remain
unclaimed by the owner or consignee for the space of three months, at
the place to which the same shall be or shall have been transported, and
the said owner or person to whom the same shall be directed cannot,
upon diligent inquiry, be found, or being found and notified of the
arrival of such property shall neglect to receive the same, and pay the
reasonable charges thereon, then it shall be lawful for such railroad
company to sell such property at public auction, after giving ten days'
notice of the time and place of said sale, by posting up notice? 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 lagal charges,
including cost of storage on said property, and to pay the overplus, if
any, to the owner or consignee of any such property, on demand.

Ibid. sec. 270. 1888, art. 23, sec. 182. 1874, ch. 333, sec. 3.

289. The three preceding sections shall apply to all steamboat and
transportation or forwarding companies, or other corporations or com-
panies, which act as common carriers or forwarders in this State.

Ibid. sec. 271. 1888, art. 23, sec. 183. 1874, ch. 446, sec. 1.

290. All railroads within this State, which cross or connect with
any other road, or which may hereafter be so constructed or built,
shall permit the road so crossing or connecting to use their track or
roadway for the passage of locomotives, cars and tonnage at a rate of