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638 CORPORATIONS. [ART. 23
1888, art. 23, sec. 152. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 149.
235. No cars shall be placed on any railroad of any such
corporation as aforesaid, unless they be adapted in size and all
necessary particulars to said railroad, in accordance with the
regulations of the said corporation, which shall always provide
the necessary motive power for running said cars; and the said
cars shall be in the exclusive care and charge of said corpora-
tion whilst on its railroad.
Ibid. sec. 153. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 147
236. No railroad built by any mining or other corporation
under the nine preceding sections of this article shall be more
than ten miles in length.
Ibid. sec. 154. 1868, ch 471, sec. 148.
237. Every railroad constructed under the preceding pro-
visions of this article shall be furnished with all necessary
means for the transportation of all persons and property that
may be offered for transportation thereon; and in all cases
other than that provided for in section 234 of this article, or in
all cases in which the said corporation furnishes the said cars
and motive power, and is subject to all the expenses of trans-
portation, it shall be authorized to charge rates not exceeding two
and a half cents per ton per mile on all coal or other articles,
and two cents per mile for every passenger that may be trans-
ported on said road.
Ibid sec. 155. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 146.
238. Any railroad that may hereafter be constructed or pur-
chased by any such corporation formed under this article shall
be so located or used as to occupy as little space at the passage
through the gap at Will's mountain, near Cumberland, as may
be compatible with the full and convenient use of said railroad,
and in such manner as to produce as little obstruction as may
be to the location of other railroads through said gap by any
corporation now authorized, or that may hereafter be authorized
to construct the same under the authority of this article.
Ibid. sec. 156. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 150.
239. All questions of difference that may arise between any
two corporations incorporated under this article, or between
any corporation and a citizen in regard to locating, construct-
ing or working its railroad or railroads, or in respect to the
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