1860.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 126.

enjoy the said land and premises required for the
purposes of said company, for or on account of
which damages shall have been so assessed, and in
case of the death of any such commissioner, the
others shall act; the expenses of the assessment by
the said commissioners of the damages aforesaid,
shall always be paid by the said company.

Crossings.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of said company to construct and keep in re-
pair good and sufficient passages across said rail-
road, where any public road shall intersect and
cross the same, so that the passage of any carriages,
horses, persons and cattle along said roads shall
not be obstructed, and likewise, when said railroad
shall intersect any farm, to provide and keep in re-
pair a suitable passage across the said railroad for
the use of said farm.

Tolls.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That on the comple-
tion of said railroad, or any section thereof, it shall
and may be lawful for the said company to demand
and receive such sum or sums of money for tolls of
person or property as they shall from time to time
think reasonable and proper; Provided, that the
same shall not exceed six cents a mile per ton on
all goods, merchandise or property of any descrip-
tion whatsoever, transported on said railroad, and
also not exceeding six cents a mile for each passen-
ger whom they may transport.

Railroad pro-
tected from
injury.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That if any person
or persons shall wilfully and knowingly break, in-
jure or destroy the said railroad, or any part there-
of, to be erected by said company, in pursuance of
this act, or shall in any manner obstruct the free
passage along the said railroad, he, she or they
shall forfeit and pay to the said company three
times the actual damages so sustained, to be sued
for and recovered, with the costs of suit, before any
justice of the peace, or in any court having cogni-
zance thereof, by action of debt, or on the case, in
the name and for the use of the said company.

Power to hold
houses, evi-
dence of
route, &c.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said com-
pany shall have full power and authority to buy,
lease, build and hold houses, shops and real estate
necessary for their corporate purposes and when
the final survey of any part or parts of said road
shall be made by the company's engineer, such sur-
vey shall be recorded in the recorder's office of the