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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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road constructed by any other company along, upon
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or connecting with its line of road, upon such terms
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and conditions as may be agreed upon between said
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Terms and
conditions.
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companies respectively; or said railroad company
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may enter into an arrangement with any other
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connecting company for their common benefit con-
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sistent with and calculated to promote the objects
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for which they were created.
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SECTION 4. And he it enacted, That upon every
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such subscription there shall be paid, at the time of
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subscribing, the sum of two dollars on every share
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Subscription
—how paid...
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subscribed, and the residue thereof shall be paid in
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such instalments as the president and directors of
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said company shall require; and if any instalment of
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stock remains unpaid for sixty days after the time
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it may be required, whether such stock is held by
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an assignee, transferee or the original subscriber, the
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same may be collected by an action of debt; or the
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Sell unpaid
stock.
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directors may sell the stock so unpaid at public
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auction for the instalment then due thereon, first
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giving thirty days' public notice of the time and
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place of sale in some newspaper in general circula-
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tion in the county where such delinquent stock-
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holders reside, and in the city of Baltimore, if any
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such stockholders reside therein at the time of
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making such subscription or becoming such assignee
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or transferee, or of his actual residence at the time
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of said sale; or if such stockholder resides out of the
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State, such publication shall be made in the county
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or city where the principal office of the company is
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located; and if residue of money shall remain after
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paying the amount due on said stock, the same shall,
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on demand, be paid over to the owner; if the whole
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of said instalment be not paid by such sale, the
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How recov-
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remainder shall be recoverable by an action of debt
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erable.
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against the subscriber, assignee or transferee.
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SECTION 6. And be it enatcted, That the president
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and directors shall have power to locate, construct,
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maintain and work a railroad not exceeding eighty
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feet in width, with one or more sets of tracks from
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Locate and
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the city of Baltimore to some point on the Penn-
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construct.
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sylvania line, east or west of the Susquehanna river,
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and in its course through Harford county, running
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its line through or near the town of Bel-Air, and
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are hereby authorized to form a connection with any
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road or roads in the State of Pennsylvania or in
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