344 FORMATION, POWERS, AND REGULATION OF CORPORATIONS. [ART. 40.

	before designated, shall hold more than one thousand acres of land at any one time, if said corporation is situated in Alleghany county; no more than five hundred acres if in any other county; nor shall
Capital stock	its capital stock exceed three million dollars; and the presence, in person or by proxy, of a majority in interest of the stockholders,
Quorum for business	shall be necessary to form a quorum for business at any meeting of the stockholders or members.
I861, c 471, s 139. Railroads to mines, etc 41 Md 589	140. The president and director of any corporation mentioned in the last preceding section, shall be invested with full power to locate and construct a railroad or railroads, with necessary appurte- nances, beginning the same at or near the mines, manufactories, or works of the said corporation, and running to any convenient point or points that may best suit the convenience and interest of said corporation, and to use and control the said railroad or railroads, and the necessary vehicles and appurtenances thereunto belonging.
Id 8 140 Lands of Chesa & O Can Co, & Bait & O R R Co	141, It shall not be lawful for any corporation formed under tins article to occupy any portion of the lands that may be necessary for the accommodation of the works of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, or the main route of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
Other railroads	road, or the works of any other railroad chartered by this State, ex- cept to cross said roads without injury to the same.
Id s 141 Reservation by legislature as to railroads.	142. The legislature may at any time regulate, modify, or change the control, use, and estate of any railroad constructed by such cor- poration, in such manner as it may deem equitable towards the said corporation, and necessary to the accommodation of the public travel, or use of the said railroad or railroads
Id s 142 Railroad through city or town, etc	143. No railroad constructed by such corporation shall pass through the limits of any incorporated city or town without the con- sent of the corporated authorities thereof, nor through any dwelling- house, warehouse, stable, yard, garden, or orchard, without the writ- ten consent of the owners of the same.
Id s 143 Power to con- demn property	144. The president and directors of any such corporation, or a majority of them, or any person authorized by a majority of them, may agree with the owner or owners of any land, earth, timber, stone, or other materials which may be wanted for the construction or repair of said railroad or railroads, for the purchase, or for the use and occupation of the same, or may obtain such land, earth, or stone, by condemnation.
Id s 144 Connected roads.	145. The citizens of this State, or any corporation now or here- after to be incorporated under the authority of this article, shall have the right to connect with the railroad or railroads hereby pro- vided for, any other railroad, if, in the judgment of any three of the county commissioners of the county for the time being, passed upon hearing of all parties interested, no injury would be done by such connection to the railroad of said corporation.
Id s 145 Rates	1 46. Any corporation authorized by section one hundred and forty-one of this article, to construct the railroad therein mentioned, may charge any citizen or corporation connecting with its said rail-