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CORPORATIONS. [ART. 26.

ported on the railroads of such corporation from any
point on said road to the Chesapeake and Ohio canal,
or to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, or other lines of

Proviso.

canals and railroads.; provided, that the said corporation
shall return the empty cars of such citizen or corpora-
tion to the point whence they started, free of charge.

Cars.

146. No cars shall be placed on any railroad of any
corporation as aforasaid, unless they be adapted in size,
and all necessary particulars, to said railroad, in accord-
ance with the regulations of the said corporation, which
shall always provide the necessary motive power for
running said cars, and the said cars shall be in the ex-
clusive care and charge of said corporation whilst on its
railroad.

Length of
mining rail-
roads.

147. No railroad built by any mining or other cor-
poration formed under this article shall be more than
ten miles in length.

Transporta-
tion.

148. Every railroad constructed under the provisions
of this article shall provide all necessary means of, and
transport all persons and property that may be offered
for, transportation on its said railroad, and in all cases
other than those provided for in section one hundred
and forty-five of this article, or in all cases in which
the said corporation furnishes the said cars and motive
power, and is subject to all the expenses of transporta-

Rates.

tion, it shall be authorized to charge rates not exceed-
ing two and a half cents per ton per mile on all coal or
other articles, and two cents per mile for every passen-
ger that may be transported on said road.

Will's Moun-
tain.

149. Any railroad that may hereafter be constructed
or purchased by any corporation formed under this
article, shall be so located or used as to occupy as little
space at the passage through the gap at Will's Moun-
tain, near Cumberland, as may be compatible with the
full and convenient use of said railroad, and in such
manner as to produce as little obstruction as may be to
the location of other railroads through said gap by any
corporation now authorized, or that may hereafter be
authorized to construct the same under the authority of
this article.