THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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said Court at its next term thereafter, if no suffi-
cient cause to the contrary be shown, and when
confirmed, shall be recorded by said Clerk at the
expense of the Company, but if the same he set
aside, the said Court shall direct another inquisi-
tion to be taken in the mariner above described,
and the inquisition shall in all cases describe the
property taken, or the bounds of the land con-
demned, and the quality or duration of interest
in the same valued for the Company, and such, val-
uation, when paid or tendered to the owner or
owners of the property, his, her, or their legal
representatives, shall entitle the said Company to
the estate and interest in the same thus valued, as
if it had been legally conveyed by the owner or
owners of the same, and the valuation, if not re-
ceived when tendered, may at any time thereafter
be received without cost from the said Company by
the owner or owners, or his, her, or their legal
representative, but in all other cases the cost and
expenses attending any inquisition provided for in
this section, shall be paid by the said Company.

Sec. 18. And be it enacted, That whenever, in
the construction of said railroad or roads, it shall
be necessary to cross or intersect any established
roads or way, the President and Directors shall so
construct the said railroad or roads across such
established road or way as not to impede the pas-
sage or transportation of persons or property along

Construction
of road.

the same; and when it shall be necessary to pass
through the lands of any person or persons ii shall
be the duty of the President and Directors to pro-
vide for such person or persons proper wagon ways
across such railroad or roads from one part of the
said lands to the other.

Wagon ways

Sec. 19. And be it enacted, That if in the
location and construction of the said railroad or
roads it shall be found necessary to pass over any
navigable river, canal or creek, by a bridge or
other edifice, it shall be the duty of said company
to construct and keep in repair a sufficient pass or
draw in said bridge or edifice, over the channel or
deepest, part of said river, canal or creek, for the
purpose of allowing vessels to pass and repass
through the same, which draw shall at all times,
on the approach of any masted vessel or vessels,
be drawn at the cost of the said company, so as to
admit of the free passage of such vessel or vessels.

Draw bridge