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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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not exceeding four cents per mile for each passenger,
and it shall not be lawful for any person or persons, or
for any corporate body to travel upon or use the roads
of the said company, or to transport any persons, merchandize
or property of any description, upon or along
the road or roads of the said company, without the
license or permission of the president and directors of
the said company.
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Bell to
be
placed on engine.
Damages.
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SEC. 16. And be it enacted,
That a bell shall be
placed on each locomotive engine, and rung at the distance
of at least one hundred roads from the place where
the rail road shall cross any travelled public road or street,
and be kept ringing until it shall have crossed such
road or street, or a steam whistle shall be attached to
each locomotive engine, and be sounded at least one
hundred rods from the place where the rail road shall
cross any such road or street, and shall be sounded at
intervals until it shall have crossed such road or street,
under the penalty of thirty dollars for the neglect of the
provisions of this section, to be sued for before any justice
of the peace of the election district or ward in which
such neglect may happen, in ten days after such penalty
was incurred, one half thereof to go to the informer,
and the other half to the county or city in which
such neglect may happen; and said company shall also
be liable for all damages which shall be sustained by
any person by reason of such neglect, and all penalties
imposed by this act may be used for in the name of the
State, and if such penalty shall be for a sum not exceeding
one hundred dollars, then such suit may be brought
before a justice of the peace, and may be commenced
by serving a summons on any director, agent or engineer
of said company.
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Dividends.
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SEC. 17. And be it enacted,
That the said board of
directors shall, once in each year or semi-annually,
declare and make such divided as they may deem
proper, of the net profits arising from the resources of
the said company, first deducting the current and probable
contingent expenses, and shall apportion the same
among the stockholders of said company in proportion
to their respective shares.
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Forfeiture for
injuring road.
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SEC. 18. And be it enacted,
That in case any person
shall wilfully obstruct, injure, impair or destroy any
part of said road, or any of the works, buildings, carriages,
vehicles, engines or machines of said company,
he, she or they, for every such offence, shall forfeit and
pay to said company or their authorised agent, or attorney,
not less than fifty dollars, which may be recovered
in the name of the said company, by an action of debt
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