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Session Laws, 1839
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WILLIAM GRASON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1S39.

County Rail Road Company; and upon return of the in-
quisition to the county court, upon the application of either
party, the said court shall review the same, and if the
said court shall be of opinion, either from the testimony in
the case, and from a view of the premises, which, if the
judges deem it expedient, they may take, that the damages
assessed are too high or too low, then the inquisition shall
be set aside, and a new inquisition ordered to be taken.

CHAP. 215.
Upon applica-

tion court to re-

view return.

If too high or

too low.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the said company,
make and extend any of their said works or improvements,
or a branch thereof, so as to connect the same with the
line of the Susquehanna Rail Road, with the consent of
the said Susquehanna Rail Road Company; and they may
open, lay put and construct a branch or branches of their
said work or works, or lateral ways, diverging from the
main stem thereof towards Bell-Air, or in any other direc-
tion, to any place or places in Harford county or Balti-
more county; and with respect to the opening, construct-
ing, extending and conducting of any additional work as
aforesaid, and the appendages and appurtenances proper
therefor, the same shall be done agreeable to, and under
and subject to the like provisions, and with all the rights,
powers and privileges as hereinbefore mentioned, provided
and granted, with respect to the original work or works of
the said company hereby incorporated; provided, such ex-
tensions thereof shall be commenced within five years
from the passage of this act; and it shall be lawful for the
Susquehanna Tide Water Canal Company, or the compa-

ny commonly so called and known, to enter into and per-

form such agreements and arrangements with the compa-
ny by this act incorporated, as may be deemed mutually
satisfactory and advantageous to the said companies, as
well for the more speedy completion of the improvements
hereby intended, as in relation to the contemplated con-
necting of the latter work or works with those of the said
Tide Water Canal Company.

Authority to ex-
tend works.

May construct
branches, &c.

Restrictions.

Proviso.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the running of ex-
perimental lines, or making of surveys, or making out a
location or locations for the work or works hereby contem-
plated, shall be sufficient to render the said company lia-
ble for the damages that may be done thereby; and that if
after any inquisition or inquisitions to be had as aforesaid,
and before the executing of the said work shall have been
commenced, the company hereby incorporated should de-
termine that the damages are too heavy to be borne by
said company, it shall and may be lawful, in that case, for

Company made
liable for dam-
ages.

If damages be
too heavy, &c.



 
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