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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

entitle the said Company to the estate and interests
in the same thus valued, as fully as if it had been
conveyed by the owner or owners of the same, and
the said valuation if not received when tendered, may
at any time thereafter be received from the said Com-
pany by the said owner or owners, his, her, or their
legal representatives, provided that no private prop-
erty shall be taken by said Company for the use of
said road without just compensation as agreed upon
by the parlies, or awarded by the jury, being first
paid or tendered to the party entitled to such com-
pensation.

To construct
bridges, &c.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That if in the loca-
tion of the said railroad, it shall be found necessary
to pass over any navigable river, canal, or creek, by
a bridge or other edifice, it shall be the duty of said
company to construct and keep in repair a sufficient
pass or draw in said bridge or edifice, over the chan-
nel or deepest part of said river, canal, or creek, for
the purpose of letting vessels pass and repass through
the same; which draw shall at all times, on the ap-
proach of any masted vessel or vessels, be drawn, at
the cost of the said railroad company, so as to admit
the free passage of such vessel or vessels; and it
shall also be the duty of the said company to con-
struct and keep in repair good and sufficient passages
across said railroad where any public road shall in-
tersect and cross the same, so that the passage of
carriages, horses, persons and cattle along the said
road shall not be obstructed; and likewise, where
the said railroad shall intersect any farm, to provide
and keep in repair a suitable passage for the use of
said farm; and that the said company be authorised
to aid in the construction of any roads or bridges
not connected directly with their said road, but for
the purpose of bringing business thereto, either by
subscription to stock or otherwise, or to construct

Proviso.

the same; Provided, however, that all bridges over
navigable streams be subject to the conditions here-
inbefore prescribed.

Charges for
carrying pas-
sengers and
freight.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That on the completion
of the said railroad, or any section thereof, it shall
and may be lawful for the said company to demand
and receive, for tolls and transportation of all goods,
produce, merchandize, or property of any kind what-
soever, at the rate of six cents a ton per mile, and
for the transportation of passengers, at the rate of
five cents per mile for each passenger.