E. LOUIS LOWE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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their inquisition to writing, and shall sign and seal
the same, and it shall then be returned by the said
sheriff to the clerk of his county, and by such clerk
filed in his court, and shall be confirmed by said court,
at its next session, if no sufficient cause to the contrary
be shewn, and when confirmed shall be recorded by
said clerk at the expense of said company; but if set
aside, the said court may direct another inquisition to
be taken in the manner above prescribed, and such inquisition
shall describe the property taken, or the bounds
of the land condemned, and the quantity or duration
of the interest in the same, valued for the company, and
such valuation when paid or tendered to the owner or
owners of said property, or his, her or their legal representatives,
shall vest in said company the estate and interest
in the same thus valued, as fully as if it had been
conveyed by the owner or owners of the same, and the
valuation, if not received when tendered, may, at any
time thereafter be received from the company without
costs by the owner or owners, or his, her or their legal
representative or representatives.
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Inquisition to
be reduced to
writing and
returned to
clerk of Circuit
court.
If set aside,
court may direct
another
inquisition.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted,
That whenever in the
construction of said road or roads, it shall be necessary
to erect or intersect any established road or way, it shall
be the duty of the president and directors of said company
so to construct said road across such established
road or way, as not to impede the progress or transportation
of persons or property along the same, or when it
shall be necessary to pass through the land of any individual,
it shall be their duty to provide for such individual
proper wagon ways across said road or roads,
from one part of his land to the other.
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Proper wagon
ways to be
provided.
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted,
That the said president
and directors, or a majority of them, shall have power
to purchase with the funds of said company, and place
on any rail road constructed by said company, or by the
Myers' Mill plank road company, or by both of them,
within the State of Maryland or Pennsylvania, all
machines, wagons, vehicles or carriages of any description
whatsoever, which they may deem proper for the
purposes of transportation on said road; and they shall
have power to charge for tolls upon, and the transportation
of persons, goods, produce, merchandise or property
of any kind whatsoever, transported by them along said
road, any sum not exceeding the following rates; on all
goods, produce, merchandise or property of any description
whatsoever transported by them, not exceeding
two cents per ton, of two thousand two hundred and
forty pounds, per mile for tolls, and two cents per ton
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Power to purchase
machines,
&c.
Power to
charge tolls.
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