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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
Passed April
14, 1853.
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CHAPTER 138.
AN ACT to amend the charter of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore Rail Road company, so as to
authorise and empower the said company to build a
bridge over the Susquehanna river, at or about Havre-de-Grace.
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Authority
to
construct a
bridge.
Proviso.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted
by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore rail road company be, and they are hereby
vested with full power and authority to make and construct,
and keep in repair, a bridge across the Susquehanna
river, at or above Havre-de-Grace, at such point
or points on said river as the said company may select,
and to construct thereon and keep in repair, a railway or
railways for the passage of cars and transportation of
passengers and merchandise and other articles, and for
the accommodation of the trade and travel of the public
generally, and to connect the same with the rail road
on each side of said river, as it is now located, or may
hereafter at any time be located, by the construction
and maintenance of proper approaches or connecting
lines of new roads necessary thereto; Provided, that
the said bridge and approaches shall be so located and
constructed as not to injure the navigation of the Tide-Water
canal.
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Power to
enter
upon and
hold land necessary
for piers.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted,
That the said company
shall also hereby have full power and authority to enter
upon and hold in fee, any land necessary or proper for
the abutments and piers of said bridge, or for the approaches
necessary to connect the bridge with the main
line as now located, or hereafter to be located, and for
the other purposes contemplated by this act, and for
this purpose may agree with the owner or owners of
said land for the same, or, when they cannot agree with
such owner or owners, or should he, she or they be
feme covert, under age, or non compos mentis, or absent,
then the said company shall have the same power
and authority to have condemned such land as they
may deem necessary for the purposes aforesaid, as is
conferred on said company for the condemnation of
land by the act entitled, an act to incorporate the Baltimore
and Port Deposit rail road company, by inquisition
or otherwise, subject to such restrictions, provisions
or conditions as are imposed by the said act relating to
the condemnation of lands, and entitled to such privileges
as may be conferred thereby.
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