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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and Cumberland railroad company is hereby authorized to connect

with the Western Maryland railroad and the Frederick and Penn-

sylvania line railroad and the Baltimore and Drum Point railroad!

and any other railroad, and a like authority is hereby conferred

upon the said roads to made such connections at proper and

To con-
nect.

convenient points; the Western Maryland railroad company shall

have the right to the same rates over said Washington and Cum-

berland railroad upon joint traffic interchanged by it with said

Washington and Cumberland railroad that the said Washington

and Cumberland railroad charges upon its own or other traffic of

a similar character; in consideration whereof the Western Mary-

land railroad shall pro rate with the said Washington and Cum-

Pro rate.

berland railroad upon all coal and other traffic received by it

from said Washington and Cumberland railroad, or delivered by

it thereto, a reasonable allowance being first made for terminal

facilities at Baltimore; each of the said companies shall deliver

to the other all traffic destined to points upon its line or that

can be fairly and properly reached via the lines of said other

party, and shall make as favorable arrangements for its traffic as

it does for any other company with which it interchanges traffic,

it being the intention of this act that the rates of the transporta-

tion of passengers and freight to and from Baltimore over said.

Washington and Cumberland railroad shall be as low per passen-

ger or per ton per mile as those charged to the most favored cus-

tomer; the said Western Maryland and the said Frederick and

Pennsylvania line railroad companies and any other railroad com-

panies, and the said Washington and Cumberland railroad com-

pany are hereby authorized to connect with and to make such

traffic arrangements with each other as may be agreed upon by

the directors of the respective companies and ratified by their

stockholders.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That said Washington and

Cumberland railroad company shall at no time be owned, con-

trolled or leased by any railroad company owning or operating-

any parallel road or nearly parallel road, nor shall it be lawful

for any such railroad company to purchase, acquire or hold any

of the stock of said Washington and Cumberland railroad com-

Parallel

pany, and any acquisition by any such company of any part of
said stock shall be absolutely void, and that if at any time the

road

majority of the stock of said corporation shall be acquired by such
competing company owning a parallel or nearly parallel line of

railroad, then this charter shall cease, and the rights, powers and

franchises granted to the said Washington and Cumberland rail-

road company shall be determined and the said company shall

thereupon be dissolved and its affairs be wound up.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of

said Washington and Cumberland railroad company to run at