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The Annotated Code of the Public Civil Laws of Maryland, 1911
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ART. 23] COMMON CARRIES. 737

charges to be charged for such through transportation and declare the
portion thereof to which each common carrier affected thereby shall be
entitled and the manner in which the same shall be paid and secured.

If, in the judgment of the commission, repairs or improvements to
or changes in any tracks, switches, terminals or terminal facilities,
stations, motive power, or any other property, construction apparatus,
equipment, facilities or device used by any common carrier, railroad
corporation or street railroad corporation in or in connection with the
transportation of passengers, freight or property, ought reasonably to
be made, or any additions should reasonably be made thereto, in order
to promote the security or convenience of the public or employees, or
in order to secure adequate service or facilities for the transportation of
passengers, freight or property, the commission shall, after a hearing,
either on its own motion or after complaint, make and serve an order
directing such repairs, improvements, changes or additions to be made
within a reasonable time and in a manner to be specified therein, and
every common carrier, or other such corporation subject to the provi-
sions of this sub-title, is hereby required and directed to make all
repairs, improvements, changes and additions required of it by any
order of the commission served upon it.

See sections 275. 327, 336, 427 and 441.

1910, ch. 180, sec. 24 (p. 367).

436. If, in the judgment of the commission, any common carrier,
railroad corporation, or street railroad corporation, does not run trains--
enough, or cars enough, or possess or operate motive power enough, rea-
sonably to accommodate the traffic, passenger and freight, transported by
or offered for transportation to it, or does not run its trains or cars
with sufficient frequency, or at a reasonable or proper time, having
regard to safety, or does not run any train or trains, car or cars, upon
a reasonable time schedule for the run, the commission shall, after
hearing either on its own motion or after complaint, have power to
make an order directing any such railroad corporation, or street railroad
corporation, to increa.se the number of its trains, or of its motive power,
or to change the time for starting its trains or cars, or to change the
time schedule for the run of any train or car, or make any other suitable-
order that the commission may determine reasonably necessary to accom-
modate and transport the traffic, passenger or freight, transported or
offered for transportation.

1910, ch. 180, sec. 25 (p. 367).

437. The commission may, whenever it deems advisable, establish,
upon due and reasonable notice to all such corporations, system of
accounts to be used by railroad and street railroad corporations, or
ether common carriers which are subject to its supervision, or may
classify the said corporations and other earners and prescribe a system
of accounts for each class, and may prescribe the manner in which such
accounts shall be kept. It may also, in its discretion, prescribe the form
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