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CHAP. 112.
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vices as they shall deem proper, and in said elec-
tion, and in all other elections by the stockholders
of said company, each stockholder shall be allowed
one vote for every share owned by him or her,
and may vote either in person or by proxy, and
the commissioners aforesaid, or a majority of them,
shall be the judges of the first election of direc-
tors.
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Power to
construct
road.
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the company
hereby incorporated and organized, shall have
power to make and construct a continuous road
from the western terminus of Baltimore street to
the village of Catonsville by as direct a route as
may be deemed practicable by the directors of this
company of such materials as the president and di-
rectors chosen under the provisions of this act,
shall direct which road shall be of the width of
sixty-six feet of which at least eighteen feet shall
be composed of broken stone, gravel or other hard
substance with good and sufficient bridges over
any stream crossing the same.
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May agree
with owners
of land for the
purchase and
occupation of
the same, and
in case of dis-
agreement a
jury may as-
sess damages.
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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the president and
directors of said company may agree with the own-
ers of land for the purchase and occupation of the
of land required for said road, and also for the pur-
chase of stone, gravel, earth or timber required in
the construction thereof, and in all cases where
they are unable to agree with such owner or own-
ers or where he or they shall be a feme covert, in-
fant or non compos, the said president upon giving
notice in writing of not less than twenty days to
the parties interested may apply to a justice of the
peace of Baltimore county, who shall thereupon
issue his warrant to the sheriff of said county,
commanding him to summon twenty disinterested
persons qualified to act as jurors in the Circuit
court of Baltimore county, to meet upon the land,
and after four of the jurors so summoned are
stricken off, the panel by the president of the said
company or his agent, and four others by the per-
son or person or persons interested in said land, or
his or her agent, or in the absence or refusal to
strike off such persons or their agents, four shall
be stricken of by the said sheriff, the sheriff shall
qualify the twelve remaining jurors either by
oath or affirmation as the case may be, justly,
truly and impartially to value the damages which
may be sustained by the owner or owners of said
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