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An. Code, sec. 285. 1904, sec. 266. 1888, sec. 179. 1876, ch. 242, sec. 23.

222. Every railroad company in this State shall cause all its trains
of cars for passengers to entirely stop upon each arrival at a station adver-
tised 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, cannot 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. 256.

An. Code, sec. 286. 1904, sec. 267. 1888, sec. 180. 1874, ch. 333, sec. 1.

223. 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.

An. Code, sec. 287. 1904, sec. 268. 1896, ch. 296, sec. 180A.

224. 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 impracticable for it
to remain in the possession of the company owning or 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 railroad company, verified by affidavit, to any judge