ART. 41. ] RAILROAD COMPANIES.
for the erection, use, and occupancy of such bridge, in accordance

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with such plan; provided, that no railroad company shall be author-
ized to construct any permanent bridge over any canal of this State
which shall be less than twelve feet in the clear above the top water-
line of said canal, and the piers and abutments of such bridge shall
be placed so as not in any manner to contract the width of the canal
or interfere with free passage on the towing path

Proviso

21. No railroad company, heretofore or hereafter incorporated
under the laws of this State, shall enter into any agreement for the
consolidation of such railroad company with any other railroad
company, or aid any other railroad company in the construction of
its railroad by means of subscription to the capital stock of such
other railroad company or otherwise, or shall lease or purchase all
or any part of any railroad constructed by any other railroad com-
pany, without the authority of an act of Assembly authorizing it
to enter into such agreement, or to give such aid, or to make such
lease or purchase, being first had and obtained.

Id s 22
Consolidating
with, etc, any
other railroad
company, with-
out authority
from the
General Assem-
bly, prohibited

22, Every railroad company in the State shall cause all its trains
of cars for passengers to entirely stop upon each arrival at a station
advertised by such company as a station for receiving passengers
upon such trains at least one half of one minute; and every com-
pany, and every person in the employment of such company that
shall violate, or cause, or permit to be violated the provisions of

Id s 23
Length of time
trains are to
stop at stations

this section shall be liable to a forfeiture of not more than one hun-
dred nor less than twenty dollars, to be recovered in an action of
debt, upon the complaint of any person before any justice of the
peace of the county in which such violation shall occur, and in all
cases in which a forfeiture shall occur under the provisions of this
section, the company whose agents shall cause or permit such viola-
tion shall be liable for the amount of such forfeiture, and in all

Penalty for
violation.

cases the conductor upon such train shall be held prima facie to
have caused the violation of this section which may occur upon the
train in his charge; said forfeiture to be recovered in the name of
the State of Maryland, for the use of common schools.

Presumption of
liability.

23, All railroads within the State of Maryland, which cross or
connect with any other road, or which may hereafter be so constructed
or built, shall be, and are hereby required, to permit the road so
crossing or connecting to use their track or roadway for the passage
of the locomotives, cars, and tonnage, at a rate of tolls for passage

1874, c 446
Use of track by
connecting or
crossing roads

of trains. and tonnage not exceeding the rate per ton per mile, or pro-
portionate part of a mile so used, as is charged for through freight
per ton per mile; provided, however, that the right of any road to
use the track of any connecting road under this act, shall not be ex-

Bates of toll
and tonnage.

tended to a greater distance than five miles. If the company of any
railroad in this State fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of
this law, the party aggrieved shall have the right to recover, upon
suit in any court of this State that has jurisdiction, a sum not less
than five hundred or more than one thousand dollars for each day of
refusal or neglect.

Damages for
refusal or neg-
lect.