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Rights and
privileges.
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SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That said company
be and the same is hereby invested with all and sin-
gular, the rights, powers, and authority which are ne-
cessary to enable it to locate, construct, and main-
tain such railroad or railroads as the Directors may
deem necessary for the convenient transaction of its
business, beginning at or near the mines of said
company, and running to such pointer points in Al-
legany county as may be deemed most elligible and
convenient; and in lieu of constructing any such
railroads as are herein authorised, or in addition
thereto, the said company may purchase, lease, hold,
and maintain any other railroad or railroads, or other
roads or ways, water courses, or channels of trans-
portation, already constructed or hereafter to be con-
structed, with all the rights, powers, and franchises
connected therewith , and it shall also be lawful for
said company to own and navigate such steam and
sailing vessels as it may desire in connection with its
business, and to subscribe for and take stock in any
navigation or railroad company which it may deem
expedient.
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Mode of pro-
ceeding in a
condemnation.
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SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the said company,
in locating and constructing any railroad or railroads,
or other roads or ways, water courses, or channels of
transportation authorised by this act, shall have the
right, if they cannot agree with the owners of any land,
earth, gravel, stone or other materials wanted for the
construction or repair of such road or roads, for the pur-
chase, use, or occupation of the same, or if the own-
er or owners, or any of them, be a feme covert, under
age, non compos mentis, or out of the county, appli-
cation may be made to any Justice of the Peace for
Allegany county, who shall thereupon issue his war-
rant, under his hand and seal, directed to the sheriff
of said county, requiring him to summon a Jury of
twenty inhabitants of said county, not related to the
parties nor in anywise interested, to meet on the land,
or near to the other property or materials to be val-
ued, on a flay named in said warrant, not less than
ten nor more than twenty days after the issuing of
the same; and if, at the said time and place, any of
said jurors should not attend, the sheriff shall imme-
diately summon as many jurors as may be necessary,
with those in attendance, to furnish a panel of twen-
ty jurors; and from them, each party, his, her, or
their agents, or if either be not present in person or
by agents, the sheriff, for him or them, may strike off
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