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affidavits of at least: two citizens of the State of Maryland that
such violation has occurred shall be taken and deemed to be
duly verified information for the purposes of this Act.

Sec. 300M. That it shall be the duty of the Attorney General
of the State of Maryland to enforce the provisions of Sections
300K and 300L of this Act, and all powers granted to the said
Attorney General for the enforcement of any other Act or Acts
are hereby granted to him for the purpose of the enforcement
of said provisions of this Act.

SEC. 300N. That any employe of such railroad company or
of any such receiver who may be killed or injured by any train
which was run or operated contrary to the provisions of Sec-
tion 300K of this Act, or who may be killed or injured as a re-
sult of any act of any person employed contrary to the provi-
sions of Section 300K of this Act shall not be deemed thereby
to have assumed the risk thereby occasioned, although continu-
ing in the employment of such railroad company or of such re-
ceiver, after the unlawful running or operating of such train or
the unlawful employment of such person has been brought to
his knowledge; nor shall any such employe be held to have con-
tributed to his death or injury in any case where such railroad
company or such receiver shall have violated any of the provi-
sions of Section 300K of this Act when such violation con-
tributed to the deaths or injury of such employe; and all ques-
tions of negligence, or either or both, arising in cases brought
under or by virtue of said section of this Act shall be for the
jury.

SEC. 300p. The invalidity of any portion of this Act shall
not affect the validity of any portion thereof which can be given
effect without such invalid part.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the first day of June, 1908.

Approved April 8, 1908.

CHAPTER 280.

AN ACT—Telegraph companies shall show conspicuously on
each and every telegram delivered the time it was filed for
transmission, and the time it was received at its destination.

Be it enacted by the people of the State of Maryland, repre-
sented in the General Assembly, SECTION 1. Telegraph com-
panies engaged in the business of transmitting communications
by telegraph in the State of Maryland, and charging tolls there-