736 ARTICLE 23.

Municipal Corporations.

An. Code, sec. 259. 1904, sec. 241. 1888, sec. 157. 1876, ch. 367.

193. Any municipal corporation in this State, against which there is a
judgment or decree in any court of law or equity in this State, shall have
power to levy a sum of money upon the assessable property of -such munici-
pality sufficient to pay such judgments.

For the purpose of the remedy provided by this section, a judgment rendered
by a justice of the peace may be regarded as a judgment of a court of law. If the
municipality refuses to make the required levy to pay the judgment, mandamus
lies. Darling v. Baltimore, 51 Md. 14. And see Watts v. Port Deposit, 46 Md. 505.

Railroad Companies.

An. Code, sec. 260. 1904, sec. 242. 1888, sec. 158. 1876, ch. 242.

194. Any number of natural persons, not less than five, three of whom
shall be citizens of Maryland, may become a body corporate, with all the
rights, privileges and powers conferred by and subject to all the restrictions
of sections 194 to 273 of this article.

The general railroad law of this state is a remedial statute and to be liberally
construed. Good faith and reasonable certainty only, are required. Piedmont, etc.,
Ry. Co. v. Speelman, 67 Md. 272; Union R. R. Co. v. Canton R. R. Co., 105 Md.
17; Hyattsville v. Washington R. Co., 120 Md. 130.

The general incorporation act of 1868, ch. 471, only made provision for the con-
struction of railways outside the limits of the city of Baltimore, and the act of
1870, ch. 476 (for which the act of 1876, ch. 242 was a substitute), was not limited to
roads similar to those upon which steam was used as a motive power. Oler v.
Baltimore, etc., R. R. Co., 41 Md. 588; Hyattsville v. Washington, etc., R. Co., 120
Md. 130.

For the regulations concerning carriers prescribed in the act creating the public
service commission, see sec. 362, et seq.

As to passenger railway companies, see sec. 314, et seq.

As to railroads built and operated by mining companies, see sec. 180, et seq.

As to special police officers appointed for railroads and steamboats, see sec.
338, et seq.

As to the taxation of railroad companies, see art. 81, secs. 172, 204, 213, 223 and
224.

As to the title of rolling stock, etc., leased, rented or delivered conditionally,
see art. 21, sec. 93.

As to obstructing railroads, see art. 27, sec. 458, et seq.

As to " The Transportation of White and Colored Passengers," see art. 27, sec.
432, et seq.

For the " Jim Crow " law, see art. 27, sec. 443, et seq.

As to fire prevention along railroad tracks and the duty of the department of
forestry, railroad companies and owners in connection therewith, see art. 39A, sec.
34, et seq.

An. Code, sec. 261. 1904, sec. 243. 1888, sec. 159. 1876, ch. 242, sec. 3.

195; Any number of persons as aforesaid, associating to form a com-
pany for the purpose of constructing or operating a railroad, shall, under
their hands and seals, make a certificate, which shall specify as follows:
first, the name assumed by such company and by which it shall be known;
second, the name of the places of the termini of said road, and the county
or counties, city or cities, through which such road shall pass; third, the
amount of capital stock necessary to construct such road; such certificate
shall be acknowledged before a justice of the peace, and certified by the
clerk of the circuit court for any county through which the road passes;
and when said certificate is executed, it shall be the duty of the persons