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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the bounds of the lands condemned, and the quantity
or duration of the interest in the same, valued for the
company, and such valuation, when paid or tendered
to the owner or owners of the property, his, her or their
legal representatives shall entitle the said company to
the estate and interest in the same, thus valued, as if it
had been legally conveyed by the owner or owners of
the same, and the valuation, if not received when ten-
dered, may at any time thereafter be received without
cost from the said company by the owner or owners, or
his, her or their legal representatives.

Established
road or way.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That whenever in the
construction of said road it shall be necessary to cross
or interact any established road or way, the said presi-
dent and directors shall so construct the said road across
such established road or way as not to impede the pas-
sage or transportation of persons or property along the
same; and when it shall be necessary to pass through
the lands of any individual, it shall also be their duty
to provide for such individual proper wagon ways across
said road or roads from one part of his land to the
other.

Power to
purchase ma-
chines, &c.
and to charge
for tolls, &c.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said president
and directors shall have power to purchase with the
funds of the company, and place and use on any rail
road constructed by them under this act, all machines,
vehicles or carriages of any description whatever which
they may deem proper for the purposes of transporta-
tion on the said road; and they shall have power to
charge for tolls upon and the transportation of persons,
goods, produce, merchandise or property of any de-
scription transported by them on said rail road, any sum

Rates.

not exceeding the following rates, that is to say: on all
goods or merchandise or properly transported on said
road or roads, not exceeding six cents per ton for both,
tolls and transportation for every mile the same shall
be transported, and for passengers, not exceeding four
cents per mile for each passenger; and it shall not be
lawful for any person or persons, or for any corporate
body, to travel upon or use the road of the said com-
pany or to transport any persons, merchandise or pro-
perty of any description upon or along the road of the
said company without the license or permission of the
president and directors of the said company.

Bell to be
rung.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That a bell shall be
placed on each locomotive engine, and rung at the dis-
tance of at least one hundred rods from the place
where the rail road shall cross any travelled public,
road or street, and be kept ringing until it shall have