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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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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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Property
transferred.
Proviso.
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SEC. 17. And be it enacted,
That all the property
and effects of every description, which were by the
Eastern Shore Rail Road company, incorporated by the
act of Assembly, passed at December session, eighteen
hundred and thirty-five, chapter two hundred and thirty-eight,
transferred, or assigned and surrendered to the
State of Maryland, be, and the same are hereby granted
to and by this act, so far as the same may be lawfully
done, transferred to, and declared to be the property of,
and to belong and appertain to the company incorporated
by this act, when, and as soon as the same shall be
organized, as hereinbefore provided; Provided, nevertheless,
that nothing herein contained shall be construed
to transfer to the company incorporated by this
act, the subscription made by the State to the capital
stock of the said Eastern Shore rail road company, incorporated
by the said act, passed at December session,
eighteen hundred and thirty-five, chapter three hundred
and thirty-eight.
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To run cars
at regular
times.
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SEC. 18. And be it enacted,
That said company
shall start and run their cars for transportation of
passengers and property, at regular times, to be fixed
by public notice, and shall furnish sufficient accommodations
for the transportation of all such passengers and
property as shall, within a reasonable time previous
thereto, be offered for transportation at the place of
starting, and at the usual stopping places established
for receiving and discharging way passengers and freight
for that train, and shall take, transport, and discharge,
such passengers and property at, from, and to such
places, on the due payment of the freight or fare legally
authorised therefor, and shall be liable to the party aggrieved
in action for damages for any neglect or refusal
in the premises.
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Bell to
be
placed on engine.
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SEC. 19. And be it enacted,
That a bell shall be
placed on each locomotive engine, and rung at the distance
of at least one hundred rods 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 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
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