342 FORMATION, POWERS, AND REGULATION OF CORPORATIONS. [ART. 40.
 
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said until the said corporation, after due notice, shall have failed or
refuse to remove, in reasonable tune, the fixtures complained of, or
the president and directors of the said company may apply to a jus-
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Justice of the
peace to issue
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tice of the peace of the county or city where such lands are, who
shall thereupon issue his warrant, directed to the sheriff of said
county or city, commanding him to summon twelve disinterested
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Jurors
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persons, qualified to serve as jurors, to meet at the proper place, as
directed by the said justice; and the sheriff shall qualify the said
persons, by oath or affirmation, faithfully to perform the duties re-
quired of them by the next succeeding section.
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Id 8 130
Appraisement
of loss or
damage
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133. The said jury shall make a just and equitable appraise-
ment of all the loss or damage that may be sustained by any person
or corporation on of over whose lands or bridges said posts, piers, or
abutments are intended to be placed, and shall make a true return
and inquisition thereof, in wilting, under their hands and seals.
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Id s 131
Inquisition
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134. The sheriff shall make return of the inquisition so found
to the clerk of the Circuit Court of the county, who shall file the
same and lay it before the said court at its next session; and such in-
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Confirmation
by court
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quisition shall be confirmed by said court, unless good cause be shown
to the contrary, and when confirmed shall be recorded by the clerk at
the expense of the corporation; but, if set aside, the said court may
direct another inquisition to be taken in the manner above pre-
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Valuation.
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scribed. The valuation of such loss or damage, when paid, or ten-
dered to the owner or owners of the property, or his, her, or their
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Easement.
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legal representatives, shall entitle the said corporation to the ease-
ment thus valued, as fully as if it had been conveyed to the said
corporation by the owner or owners of the same; and the valuation,
if not received when tendered, may, at any time thereafter, be re-
ceived from the company without costs, by the said owner or owners,
or his, her, or their legal representative or representatives.
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Id s 132
Capital stock.
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135. Any such corporation formed as aforesaid, may, after its
capital stock has been fully paid up, with the consent of the majority
of the owners of the capital stock of such corporation, given in gen-
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Extending
lines, etc
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eral meeting, extend their lines of telegraph, or may construct
branch lines to connect with their main line, or may form a new
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Consolidated
companies
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corporation by uniting with another incorporated telegraph corpora-
tion or corporations, with such name and capital stock, and upon
such terms as may be agreed upon between the said corporations;
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Certificate
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and whenever such union as aforesaid is made, a certificate of said
union, and of the particulars thereof, shall be executed and acknowl-
edged by the presidents or other principal officers of said corpora-
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To be recorded
in office of clerk
of court
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tions so uniting, which said certificate shall be recorded in the clerk's
office of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, if the principal office
of the said consolidated corporations is therein located, or in the
office of the clerk of the Circuit. Court of that county in which said
principal office is located; and when said consolidated company is
formed, it shall be subject to the provisions of this article, so far as
the same are applicable.
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