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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

road shall be well and securely laid and covered

with plank or wood for the same width.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in all cases when

any passenger railway company uses the roadbed

or any portion thereof of any turnpike, street or

road in any county in this State, said railway

Keep in good
order an a re-

company shall, at all times, keep in good and

pair.

proper repair, not only the portions of said turn-

pike, street or road which may be embraced be-

tween the rails of the track of said company, but

also that part which shall extend for a distance of

two feet on either side of said rails; and in case

of refusal or neglect to comply with the provi-

sions of this section within five days after due no-

tice in writing shall have been given by the

county commissioners of the county in which said

passenger railway company has its tracks, then

the said passenger railway company shall be sub-

Penalty for

ject to a penalty or fine of ten dollars a day for

violation.

each and every day of such refusal or neglect to

repair and put in order any such turnpike, street

or road, the same to be recovered by suit before

any justice of the peace of said county in the

name of the county commissioners of eaid county.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act take

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 3, 1882.

Chapter 457.

AN ACT to appropriate a sum of money for the

Little Sisters of the Poor of Baltimore.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That the Comptroller of the Treas-

ury of the State of Maryland be and he is hereby

Draw warrant.

directed to draw his warrant on the Treasurer of

the State for the sum of one thousand dollars

during the year eighteen hundred and eighty-

three, and one thousand dollars during the year

Who in favor

eighteen hundred and eighty-four, in favor of the

of.

Sister Superior of the Little Sisters of the Poor

of the city of Baltimore, to be used to maintain

the aged and helpless persons under their charge.

Approved May 3, 1882.