1132 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10th, 1914.

CHAPTER 667.

AN ACT requiring the issue of mileage books by railroad cor-
porations owning, controlling or operating railroads in Mary-
land and regulating the conditions of the same, and providing
a penalty for failure to do so.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That every railroad corporation owning, controlling or
operating a railroad in this State shall keep for sale mileage
books, good for one thousand or less miles of travel, and all
such mileage books shall entitle, the holder or bearer thereof,
or any person or persons accompanying said holder or bearer,
to travel on the presentation of said mileage book on the passen-
ber 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 or cancelled by
the conductor of such railroad, and such conductor shall not de-
tach or cancel from such mileage book more miles than the
number of miles traveled, and such mileage book shall entitle
the holder or bearer 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. 2. And be it further enacted, That in the event of any
railroad corporation owning, controlling or operating a line
or lines in this State shall refuse or neglect to issue a mileage
book granting all the privileges prescribed in this law upon
the demand for the same and a tender therefor of the prevail-
ing price charged by said railroad corporation for any other
class of mileage books at time of such demand, or in violation
of any of the provisions of this Act shall refuse through any
of its conductors or agents to accept the coupons of such mile-
age book for transportation according to the terms of this Act,
then the person to whom such refusal is made shall be entitled
to recover as liquidated damages from said railroad corpora-
tion the sum of fifty dollars for each refusal or neglect to issue
said book or accept said coupons, which damages shall be re-
coverable before any justice of the peace of any County in the