352 RAILROAD COMPANIES. [ART. 41.

	shall also have the benefit and be subject to the processes, remedies, or proceedings authorized by this article, or by any other article 01 part of an article of this code, to be taken by or against the cor- porations herein referred to, so far as the same may be applicable to the several corporations heretofore formed as aforesaid, MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.
1876, c 367 Power to levy taxes to pay judgments 46 Md 500	181. Any municipal corporation in this State, against which there is a judgment in any court of law in this State, shall have power to levy a sum of money upon the assessable property of such municipality sufficient to pay such judgments.

ARTICLE XLI.
RAILROAD COMPANIES.

1 Number of incorporators. 2 Certificate, what it shall state, to be sub- mitted to judge, judge to certify, cer- tificate to be recorded 3 incorporated, powers and restrictions 4 Where road to be constructed 5 Value of shares, shares personal property 6 Payment of shares 7 Unpaid instalment of stock, how collected, notice of sale 8 Increase of capital stock 9 Books opened for subscription to capital stock, election of directors, powers and duties of same, president chosen 10 Purchase of land, improvements, etc, owner unwilling or unable to sell, con- demnation proceedings 11 Change of location or grade of road, pro- viso 12 Agreement of municipal authorities to use of streets, etc, proceedings in case of non-agreement, provisos

13 Rates for transportation 14 Power to borrow money 15 Power to acquire adjacent lands, deeds, how signed and sealed 16 Construction of railroad across road or stream 17 Principal office 18 Sign to be erected at crossing of public road. 19 Annual report to comptroller, comptroller to make abstract copy of report to (gen- eral Assembly. 20 Crossing canal or navigable water, pro- viso 21 Consolidating with, etc, any other railroad company, without authority from the General Assembly, prohibited 22 Length of time trains are to stop at sta- tions, penalty for violation, presump- tion of liability 23 Use of track by connecting road

1876, c 242. s 2. Number of incorporators.

1. Any number of natural persons, not less than five, three of whom shall be citizens of Maryland, may become a body corporate, with all the rights, privileges and powers conferred by and subject to all the restrictions of this article

Id s. 3 Certificate, what it shall state 41 Md. SS3.

2. Any number of persons as aforesaid, associating to form a company for the purpose of constructing or operating a railroad, shall under their hands and seals make a certificate which shall specify as follows: first, the name assumed by such company and by which it shall be known, second, the names of the places of the termini of said road, and the county or counties, city or cities through which such road shall pass, third, the amount of capital