PHILIP F. THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1849.

provided, the said company, on being so notified and re-
quired, by the mayor and city council of Baltimore, or
by their duly authorised agents, shall open Dolphin street
of a width of sixty feet in a straight line to Cathedral
street, and shall give, for the purposes of a street, a strip
of ground along the east side of Forter alley, forty feet in
depth, and extending from Dolphin to Preston streets,
thereby making Forter alley, now twenty feet wide,
sixty feet street, and further shall open Preston street,
from Forter alley to Cathedral street, and shall deed to
the city of Baltimore the. ground so to be given for the
beds of streets.

CHAP. 532.
Proviso.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the president and
directors of the said company, be and they are hereby
authorised to refuse the transport, the cars, goods and
merchandise of any individuals or company after he,
they or it shall have violated the published rules and
regulations of said company, until full satisfaction shall
be made for such violation, and that any individuals or
company, transporting upon said rail road, without the
knowledge of said company, any gun-powder or friction
matches, shall be subject to a fine of one hundred dol-
lars for each offence, to be recovered in the name of the
State before any justice of the peace, as other fines, one
half for the use of the informer, and one half for the

Company may
refuse transpor-
tation to those
who violate the
rules.

use the State; provided, a copy of this section be pub-
lished with the rules and regulations of the company.

Proviso.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the president and
directors of said company, may allow individuals or

companies to use their own cars in the transportation of
goods or merchandise on its road, at rates of toll to be

Companies, etc.
may use their
own cars.

fixed by said company; provided, and it in hereby de-
clared, that said company shall not he liable for any
damage done through accident to said cars, or any load-
ing therein, unless the same was occasioned by the wil-
ful misconduct or gross negligence of said company or its
agents; provided, that all the expenses incurred by the
city authorities, by the proceedings heretofore had under
the act of eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, chapter two
hundred and twenty-six, and the ordinances of the city
of Baltimore, regulating the manner of opening streets,
and so forth, for opening the streets, or any of them,
mentioned in this section, through Bolton depot lot,
shall be paid by the Baltimore and Susquehanna rail
road company.

Provisoes.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the president and
directors of said company, be and they are hereby in-
vested with all the rights, powers and privileges granted
under the original act of incorporation, and which may

President and
directors.