254 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	CHAP. 174	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary- land, That every railroad corporation owning, controlling or
	Mileage books to be issued.	operating a railroad in this State, which charges a fare of more than two cents per mile for a first class straight pas- senger ticket, shall keep for sale mileage books of two classes, the first having five hundred, and the other one thousand coupons, each coupon for one mile, attached thereto, entitling the holder thereof to travel on the railroad line or lines, owned, controlled or operated by such railroad until all of said coupons are used up, for which such railroad corpora- tion shall charge a sum not to exceed two cents per mile. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That such railroad cor- porations shall not charge or receive for a mileage book
	Price of said books.	containing five hundred such coupons more than the sum of ten dollars, and for a mileage book containing one thousand such coupons not more than the sum of twenty dollars; and such mileage books shall be kept for sale by such railroad corporations at every ticket office of such corporations authorized to do business for them, and such mileage book or books shall be delivered to the applicant immediately upon application therefor, and the payment of the price legally demandable therefor. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the purchaser of
	Who may use said books.	said mileage book, or any member of the family of said purchaser or purchasers, if a firm, his or their employees, shall be entitled to travel, on the presentation of said mileage book, on the passenger trains of the railroad owned, controlled or operated by such corporation issuing said book and all the lines thereof, for the number of miles equal to the coupons detached by the conducter of such railroad, and such conductor shall not detach from such mileage book more coupons than the number of miles traveled, and such mileage book shall entitle the purchaser thereof and the parties entitled to use the same to the same rights and privileges in respect to the transportation of themselves and baggage or property to which the holders of the highest class ticket issued by such corporation is entitled. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be no stipulation, agreement or condition required by said railroad
	Not to become forfeited in case of loss.	corporation before it will issue such mileage books, that said mileage books shall become forfeited or null and void by the accidental loss of the same, and said loss shall not render