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sample package, bundles or luggage, shall remain unclaimed
by the owner or consignee for the space of three months, at the
place to which the same shall be or shall have been trans-
ported, and the said owner or person to whom the same shall
be directed cannot, upon diligent inquiry, be found, or being
found and notified of the arrival of such property shall neglect
to receive the same, and pay the reasonable charges thereon,
then it shall be lawful for such railroad company to sell such
property at public auction, after giving ten days' notice of the
time and place of said sale, by posting up notices thereof in
three public places in the county or city where such sale shall
be made, and out of the proceeds of such sale to pay the legal
charges, including cost of storage on said property, and to pay
the overplus, if any, to the owner or consignee of any .such
property, on demand.

1888, art. 23, sec. 182. 1874, ch. 333, sec. 3.

270. The three preceding sections shall apply to all steam-
boat and transportation or forwarding companies, or other
corporations or companies, which act as common carriers or
forwarders in this State.

Ibid. sec. 183. 1874, ch. 446, sec. 1.

271. All railroads within this State, which cross or connect
with any other road, or which may hereafter be so constructed
or built, shall permit the road so crossing or connecting to use
their track or roadway for the passage of locomotives, cars and
tonnage at a rate of tolls for passage of trains and tonnage not
exceeding the rate per ton per mile, or proportionate 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 section shall not be extended
to a greater distance than five miles.

Penna. R. R. Co. v. Consol. Coal Co , 55 Md 160. Penna. R. R. Co. v.
Balto, and Ohio R. R. Co., 60 Md. 263.

Ibid. sec. 184. 1874, ch. 446, sec. 2.

272. If any railroad company in this State shall fail or refuse
to comply with the provisions of the preceding section, 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 dollars or more than one thousand dollars for each
day of such refusal or neglect.