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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Power to
purchase en-
gines, &c.

Sec. 20. And be it enacted, That the President
and Directors shall have power to purchase with
the funds of the said company, and place and use
on any railroad constructed by them under this
act, all engines, cars, machines, vehicles or car-
riages of any description whatever, which they
may deem proper for the purposes of transporta-
tion on the said railroad or roads, and upon the
inspection of the said railroad or roads, or any sec-
tion thereof, they shall have power to demand and
receive for tolls upon, and the transportation of
persons, goods, produce, merchandise or property
of any description transported on said railroad or
roads, such sura or sums of money as they shall
from time to time deem reasonable and proper.

Cars to be
run at regular
times,

Sec. 21. And be it enacted, That the said com-
pany shall start and run their cars for the trans-
portation of passengers and property at regular
times, to he made known 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
he offered for transportation at the place of start-
ing, 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, en the payment of the freight
or fare legally required therefor, and shall be lia-
ble to the party aggrieved in an action for damages
for any neglect or refusal in the premises.

Bell to be
rung or steam
whistle to be
sounded.

Sec. 22. 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 railroad shall cross any traveled
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 such locomotive
engine, and shall be sounded at intervals until the
engine shall have crossed such road or street, under
the penalty of thirty dollars for every neglect of
the provisions of this section, to he sued for in the
name of the State, before any justice of the peace
in the election district in which such neglect may
happen, within ten days alter such penalty was
incurred, one-half thereof to go to the informer,
and the other half to Dorchester county; and the