ART. 23.] CORPORATIONS—TELEGRAPH. 373

1868, ch. 471, sec. 131.

226. The sheriff shall make return of the inquisition so found,
to the clerk of the circuit court for the county, or the superior

court of Baltimore city, who shall file the same and lay it before
the said court at its next session; and such inquisition shall be

confirmed by said court, unless good cause be shown to the con-
trary; 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 inqusition to be taken in the manner above pre-
scribed. The valuation of such loss or damage, when paid or
tendered to the owner or owners of the property, or his, her or
their legal representatives, shall entitle the said corporation to the

easement 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 there-
after, be received from the company without costs, by the said
owner or owners, or his, her or their legal representative or
representatives.

Ibid. sec. 133. 1882, ch. 230.

227. Any such corporation formed as aforesaid may, with the
consent of the majority of the owners of the capital stock of such

corporation, given in general meeting, extend their lines of tele-
graph into any other State, or may construct branch lines in this

State or any other State, or may lease, sell or convey its property,
nights, privileges and franchises, or any interest therein, or any
part thereof, to any telegraph company organized under or cre-
ated by the laws of this or any other State; and may acquire by
lease, purchase or conveyance, the property, rights, privileges and
franchises, or any interest therein, or any part thereof, of any
telegraph company organized under or created by the laws of this
or any other State, upon such terms and conditions as may be
agreed upon between the respective companies; or may consoli-
date with any other telegraph company or incorporation of this
or any other State, under such name and with such capital stock,

and upon such terms as may be agreed upon between such com-
panies or corporations; and whenever such consolidation as afore-
said is made, a certificate of the same, and of the particulars
thereof, shall be executed and acknowledged by the presidents or
other principal officers of said corporations so consolidating;