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SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That whenever the .line of any
railroad now existing, or which may hereafter be incorporated,
shall cross the canal proposed to be built under this Act of
incorporation, or where the said Baltimore, Curtis Bay and
Annapolis Canal and Navigation Company has to cross any
railroad, canal or navigable water, the said company wishing to
make the crossing shall file with the Board of Public Works
the plan of the bridge, aqueduct or other fixtures for crossing
such railroad, canal or navigable water, designating the place
of crossing ; and if the said board shall approve of such plan
it shall notify such company in writing of such approval ; but
if the said board shall disapprove of such plan, or fails to
approve the same within ten days from the filing thereof, it
shall be lawful for such company to apply to the Circuit Court
or any judge thereof in vacation, and upon reasonable notice
being given to the members of the Board of Public Works,
said court or judge shall, upon good cause shown, appoint a
competent, disinterested engineer, not a resident of the county
through which the said canal passes, to examine such crossing
and to prescribe, the plan and condition thereof, so as not to
impede navigation, aud such engineer shall within twenty days
from his appointment, make his return to the Circuit Court.for
the county where such crossing is to be made, subject to excep-
tion by either party ; and thereupon the court shall, at the
next term after the filing of said return, proceed to examine
the same, and unless good cause is shown to the contrary, shall
approve and confirm the same, and such order of condemna-
tion shall be sufficient authority for the erection, in accordance
with sach plan, of the said bridge or crossing, for the use and
occupancy of said Canal and Navigation Company, or for the
use and occupancy of the company whose bed, canal or track
crosses the Baltimore, Curtis Creek and Annapolis Canal and
Navigation Company, as the case may be, has to cross ; pro-
vided, that the company hereby created shall not be authorized
to construct any permanent bridge over its canal bed for public
use which shall be less than twelve feet wide and twelve feet
high in the clear above the top water in the line of the canal,
and if the bridge or aqueduct is over a canal, not less than
sixty feet in width between the piers and abutments of such
bridge or aqueduct, and they shall be so placed that they shall
not in any manner interfere with the free passage of the tow-
path.
SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That whenever necessary to
cross any navigable stream, public road, or canal, or railroad in
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