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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That said company shall have

Equip and
operate a
railroad.

power to construct, equip and operate a railroad impelled by
electricity, steam or other power, as the directors may deter-
mine, from some point in Frederick city, in Frederick county,
to some point at or near the boundary line between the State
of Maryland and the State of Pennsylvania, and to run
through or near the town of Thurmont, in Frederick county,
and to run near or through the town of Emmitsburg, in
Frederick county, to haul passengers, parcels, packages and
freight over said railroad, and charge therefor such rates as
compensation therefor as the board of directors may from
time to time determine.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the railroad so to be con-

Construct
tracks.

structed shall be single or double track, and shall have as many
sets of tracks, switches and turnouts, and branches as the said
directors may deem necessary ; and the said directors, or a
majority of them or their agents, may cause to be made, or
contract with others for making said railroad tracks, switches,
turnouts, branches, power houses and trolleys, or any part
thereof, including building of bridges, necessary warehouses,
depots and stations, and all work whatsoever, which may be
necessary to the proper completion and working of said rail-
road and branches, and may acquire any land, earth, stone,
gravel or other material required for any of the purposes afore-
said, by agreement with the owner or owners of any land,
earth, timber, gravel or other materials, or any improvements
for the construction or repairs of said road or its works, for
the purchase or use and occupation of the same ; and in case
they do not agree, or if the owner or owners, or any of them,
be a feme covert under age, or non compos mentis, or out of
the county in which the property may lie, when such lands or
materials may be needed, the said company may proceed to
condemn and acquire the use of the same for the purposes of
said railroad, or for the purposes of the motive power thereof,
in the manner provided for by the Code of Public General
Laws, Article 23, sections 167, 169 and 173, inclusive, so far as
the same may be applicable, and may condemn land, ease-
ments, rights of way, material and privileges for the purposes
of the company in the manner aforesaid, and shall have all
other rights, privileges and powers which are granted by the
general laws, so far as the same does not conflict herewith.

Open books
for sub-
scription.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That said board of directors are
hereby authorized to open books for subscription to the capital
stock of said railroad company at such times and places as they