MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                             2327

199.

If it is necessary, in the location of any part of
any railroad, to occupy any road, street, alley or public
way, or ground of any kind, or any part thereof, it is
competent for the municipal or other corporation, or
public officer, or public authorities, owning or having
charge thereof, and the railroad company to agree upon
the manner and upon the terms and conditions upon which
the same may be used or occupied; and if the parties are
unable to agree thereon, and it is necessary, in the
judgment of the directors of the railroad company, to use
or occupy the road, street, alley or other public way or
ground, the company may condemn so much of the same as
may be necessary for the purposes of the road in
accordance with the provisions of Title 12 of THE REAL
PROPERTY Article [21] of [this] THE Code; provided, that
every railroad company laying down any track or tracks
upon any public street, road, alley or other public
ground, is responsible for injuries done to private
property by that location, lying upon or near to the
public ground, which may be recovered by civil action
brought by the owner or owners at any time within two
years from the completion of the track or tracks, before
the proper court; and provided further, that no railroad
company shall be allowed to pass through the City of
Baltimore without the consent of the municipal
authorities.

333.

If any corporation formed for the purposes mentioned
in § 332 of this article cannot agree with the owner or
owners of any land or water rights which the corporation
has power to acquire for the purpose of laying pipes or
constructing its work; or if the owner or owners of any
of them, be under age, or non compos mentis, or under any
other legal disability, or is absent from the county or
city in which the property may lie when the land or water
rights are needed, the corporation may proceed to condemn
and acquire them in the manner provided for in Title 12
of THE REAL PROPERTY Article [21] of [this] THE Code.

334.

If any corporation incorporated under the laws of
this State which is authorized to acquire by condemnation
any land, earth or stone, or any interest therein, cannot
agree with the owner or owners thereof, or if any of the
owners be under age, non compos mentis, or under any
other legal disability to contract, or be out of the
county in which the property wanted may lie at the time
it is wanted, the corporation may proceed to condemn
under the provisions of Title 12 of THE REAL PROPERTY