# An act supplementary to the act of 1826, chapter 123, and to authorize the construction of Lateral Railroads from its Philadelphia Branch Railroad, and to regulate the mode of condemning property by said Railroad Company

| AN ACT supplementary to the act of eighteen hundred and twenty-six, chapter one hundred and twenty-three, entitled "An act to incorporate the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company," and to authorize the construction of Lateral Railroads from its Philadelphia Branch Railroad, and to regulate the mode of condemning property by said Railroad Company. |
| SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company be and it is hereby authorized and empowered to construct lateral railroads in any direction whatsoever in connection with its Philadelphia Branch Railroad, which said Philadelphia Branch Railroad said company is now constructing from a connection with its main stem in the city of Baltimore to the boundary line between Delaware and Maryland, in the county of Cecil; | B. & O.R.R. authorized to construct railroads |
| but said company shall only construct said lateral railroads in connection with said Philadelphia Branch Railroad in that part of the city of Baltimore known as "Canton," and opposite "Locust Point," in said city, and south of Toone street, | Where in Baltimore city. |
| and in the following counties, namely, Baltimore, Harford, Cecil and the other counties upon the Eastern Shore of Maryland; and in the location of any part of said lateral railroads said company may, with the assent of the county commissioners, occupy any public highway in said counties, upon such terms as said county commissioners may prescribe; | Counties. |
| and in the construction, use and operation of said lateral railroads, said company shall have all the rights, powers and privileges given to it by the said act to which this is a supplement, and the several amendments and supplements thereto, in relation to the construction, use and operation of its main line and the branches thereof, together with the right and power of crossing other railroads, and condemning an easement therefore, as provided by the act of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, chapter two hundred and twenty-three; | Rights, powers and privileges. |
| but any lateral road so constructed shall be subject to the same state, county and municipal taxation as is imposed upon other railroads whose charters do not exempt the same from taxation. | Subject to taxation. |
| SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That in the exercise by said company of the powers of condemnation of property in the counties for said lateral railroads, and for said Philadelphia Branch Railroad, the circuit courts shall have the same powers in relation to any inquisition made and returned by the jury of inquest of damages, summoned in the manner provided by the act to which this is a supplement, and the amendments and supplements thereto, which by said acts are conferred upon the county courts; | Powers of circuit courts in inquisitions. |
| but in all proceedings for the condemnation of property for said lateral railroads and said Philadelphia Branch Railroad, made under the authority of this act, and the act to which this is a supplement, and the amendments and supplements thereto, the respective courts to which the inquisitions are returned shall have full power to confirm said inquisitions at any time after the return of the same to the respective clerks of said courts, if no sufficient cause to the contrary be shown; | Power to confirm. |
| but thirty days after such return shall be allowed in which to file objections to the confirmation of said inquisitions. | Time to file objections. |
| SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from the date of its passage. | Effective |
| Approved March 28, 1884. |
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