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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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peace in Harford or Cecil counties, with ring bolts
fixed
to them to wharf vessels from said bridge, and said
company shall be liable for all damages sustained by
any vessel or cargo by reason of the insufficiency or
improper location of the offsets from said bridge at
the said draw, to be recovered in the circuit court of
either Cecil or Harford county, and the damages, when
ascertained, shall be a lien on the said bridge.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted,
That if the said bridge
be located so as to pass over Palmer's or Watson's island, or
at the bar at the south east or lower end of said island,
then it shall be the duty of the said company to construct
two draws, with the necessary fixtures and offsets,
buoys, and one on each side of said island or bar, each
draw to be of the dimensions as provided for in the
third section of this act, with all the provisions and penalties
relating thereto.
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Authority to
borrow money.
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SEC. 5. And
be it enacted, That the said company
be, and is hereby authorised, if it be necessary for the
purpose contemplated by this act, to borrow such sums
of money as may be necessary for the purposes hereby
contemplated, on a special mortgage of said bridge, and
a second mortgage of the rest of their road and its appurtenances,
or to create additional shares of the capital
stock of said company or bonds, and to sell the same,
or to issue the same to the stockholders in payment of
dividends.
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BBBBridge, when
built, to be
deemed part
of Phil. Wilmington
and
Balt. R. R.
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SEC. 6. And be it enacted,
That the said bridge, when
so constructed, shall be deemed a part of the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore rail road, and held
in the same manner and subject to the same laws and
regulations as now exist in regard to the other parts of
said road, excepting that it shall be exempt from the
mortgages now existing upon the rail road and its appurtenances,
to secure the present debts of the company.
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Provision to
be made for
general travel
and transportation.
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SEC. 7. And be it enacted,
That in the construction
of said bridge, ample provision shall be made for
the passage over it of the general travel and transportation,
other than that by the railway, and it shall be
lawful for the said company to demand and receive for
the said travel and transportation, the same rates of toll
as are demanded and received by the Port Deposit
Bridge company, except foot passengers who shall at
all times pass free.
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Conditions of
privilege of
act.
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SEC. 8. And be it enacted,
That the privileges
granted by this act are upon this condition, that the
said Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore rail road
company, shall make and construct a rail road from the
eastern terminus of said bridge, to the town of Port
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