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the manner provided by the laws of this State for the enforcement of the
forfeiture of the charter of any corporation which has abused or misused
its corporate powers or franchises.

1886, ch. 163. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 767.

795. If any corporation, or any officer, agent or servant of such cor-
poration, or any person or any firm managing or conducting any street
railway in this State, or any agent or servant of such person or firm, shall
do any act in violation of the provisions of section 793, it, he or they
shall be deemed to have been guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on con-
viction thereof in a court of competent jurisdiction, be fined one hundred
dollars for each offense so committed, together with the costs of such
prosecution.

STREET RAILWAY FARES.

1882, ch. 229. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 768. 1900, ch. 313.

796. The United Railways and Electric Company of Baltimore, its
successors and assigns, shall charge five cents, and no more, as a fare for
the conveyance of each passenger over twelve years of age, and three
cents, and no more, for each child between the ages of four and twelve
years, from any point on any of its lines to any other point on such lines
within the City of Baltimore; provided, that such company shall give a
free transfer, when the same shall be requested, upon the payment of each
cash fare, which transfer shall be good at all points of intersection of lines
of said railway for a continuous ride, except at such points on said lines
where such form a route so as to permit a passenger to return in the same
general direction of the line upon which the transfer was issued, the priv-
ilege of transfer not to apply to the terminus of any line or route; pro-
vided, that nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect any of the
interests of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore in the said United
Railways and Electric Company of Baltimore; or any of the railways-
consolidated under the corporate name.

Garrison v. United Rys. Co., 97 Md. 350. M. & C. C. v. United Rys. Co., 126 Md.
39. Chenoweth v. Public Service Commission, 143 Md. 622.

This section ineffective since passage of Public Service Commission Law.

PARK TAX.

1882, ch. 229. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 760.

797. The said several passenger street railway companies shall pay to>
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, a tax upon their gross receipts
of nine per cent., in quarterly instalments, on the first day of January,
April, July and October, in each year.

See Section 6, Sub-section 16A.

Union Pass. Ry. Co. v. Baltimore, 71 Md. 238. Park Tax Case. 84 Md. 1. M. & C.
C. v. United Rys. & E. Co., 126 Md. 39.