E. LOUIS LOWE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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or property of any description along any of said
roads, and that the provisions of this act shall be wholly
in force, as to all the property of the company which
may be situated or may be within the State of Maryland,
and which said company is permitted to hold under
this act.
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SEC. 16. And be it enacted,
That full right and privilege
is hereby reserved to the citizens of this State, or
any company hereafter to be incorporated under the
authority of this State, to connect with the road hereby
provided for; Provided, that in forming such connection
no injury shall be done to the works of the company
hereby incorporated.
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Reservation.
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SEC. 17. And be it enacted,
That the president and
directors of said company shall have power to issue
bonds or certificates of indebtedness under the seal of
said company, in such sum or sums of a denomination
not less than one hundred dollars as said company may
prefer, and to sell and dispose of the same upon such
terms as to said company may seem proper, and to
pledge the property and profits of said company to secure
the payment thereof, and also with power to convert
the bonds so issued into capital stock of said company,
upon such terms as may be agreed upon between
the holder or holders of said bonds and said president
and directors; Provided, that said company shall not
be authorised to issue any certificate, note, scrip or other
device to be used as currency.
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Power to
issue bonds.
Proviso.
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SEC. 18. And be it enacted,
That the president and
directors of said company shall have full power and authority
to connect the rail road which may be constructed
under the provisions of this act with any other rail
road now existing, or which may hereafter be constructed;
and also to make such contracts and arrangements
with the president and directors of such rail road for the
through transportation of passengers and merchandise
and all property of what kind soever, in the cars or carriages
of either company, as may appear to said president
and directors convenient and advantageous; Provided,
however, that the charge for all passengers travelling
on the rail road hereby authorised to be made, in
cars of the same class shall be uniform; and any arrangements
made or participated in by the said company,
by which through means of through tickets or otherwise,
any one passenger travelling on the said road
shall be charged a less sum than any other passenger
travelling thereon, the same distance, in cars of the
same class, shall be a forfeiture of this act of incorporation,
and the same may be enforced by scire facias in
the usual way.
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May connect
with any
other rail
road.
Proviso.
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