St. Mary's gazette., 1866-06-21
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
PUBLIC GENERAL.
IOfpICIiL.. |
CHAPMAN HARDWOOD,
Sccrc airy of Senate.
WILLIAM X. COLE,
Chief Clerk House Delegates.

AN ACT to amend the Act of eighteen
hundred and twenty six. chapter one
Z Hundred and twcntythrce, entitled an
Act to incorporate the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company.
Section l. Be it enacted by the Gcncr-
al Assembly oe Maryland, That the pro
visions of the first section of the Act Of
the General Assembly of Maryland, pass
ell at December session, eighteen hundred
and .hirty-six, chapter eightytwo, entitled
a further supplement to the Act entitled
an Act td< incorporate the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company, relating to
alterations in the location of the said road,
are hereby continued in force, and cxtcn-
dcd, 50 as to authorize the said Company
to alter the Locations of said road or any
branch thereof in the Safe of Maryland.
between Camden Station, in the city of
Baltimore, and the Western boundary Of
the State Of Maryland, for the purpose OF
dispensing with the use Of inclined planes
and avoiding unnecessary curves, where
they occur on said road, or the branches
thereof, and in the exercise of the powers
conferred upon The said Company by the ORR
pinal &c, of incorporation or conferred upon
the said Company by any supplement to
said original Act, or conferred by this
Act, within the city of Ba timorc, any
Justice Of the Peace of said city, and the Sher
'iff thereof, and jurors to be summoned
from among the inhabitants Of sad elty,
nnl the Superior Court of Baltimore city,
Aand the clerk thereof, and all persons IN
tefsstcd in the exercise Of the said powers,
shall have the sam rtS It's and privileges
N were conferred by SAID original Act Of
Incorporation. upon any Justice OF the
Peace of anv county in the State; and
,upon the Sheriff of any county, AMI 1pon
Jurors to be summoned from the inhabi-
1tants Of any county, or upon any clerk OF
any court in relation to the road OF the
said Company; proc.drd, nepert|lc1cSs, That
the said Company in changing the location
of any part of its road or branches, asatorc-
said, shall not be authorized to abandon
the use Of that part of the road formerly
located, but shall continue to us" the same,
except where said abandonment is necesSa
ry; and J,rorilc,l also that the said Com
pany shall, in altering the location of It's
road as aforesaid, within the city of Bal
timorc, 80 construcl aud make such line OF
newly located road as not to Interfere with
the free use of the streets of the said city,
or with travelling thereon; and pr9rtded
also, that the said newly constructed Kall-
road shall not be hid along the length "f any
street, lane or alley Of sn,d city without
tho consent Of the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore. thereto being first had and
obtained
Section ,. And be it cnac'cd, That this
act shall take effect from the date of lts
passage.
Sec. s. Aud be it further enacted, That
said company is hereby empowered to pur-
chase, lease, receive and hold real estate
and water rights, which shall be decmcd
necessary for the use of SAID Company, but
all such real estate and water rights or 9th
er property thus leased or purchascd,' and
such real estate or water rights which arc
not donations. shall he leased or purchased
by the company of the owner or owners of
the same. ut 4 price to be mutually agreed
upon between them. anG in ease they can
not agree. or any of the owners be .fcme
corert. under age, nDa compos mcniS, or
out of the county. in which the property
wanted may be. application may be made
to any Justice of the Peace Of such coun- |
ty. who shall thereupon issue his warrant
under seal directed to the Sheriff Of SAID /
county, requiring him to summon twenty [
disiniereSted Inhabitants to meet at or near
the land on the day named in the said /,
warrant. not less than ten nor more than
l.. Of, b.A vi
il any of the said persons do not attend |
the said Sheriff shall Immediately summon
as many Jurors as shall be necessary with !
the iurors in attendance to furnish u panel
of twenty ia attendance aud from the pan /
ell each party may strike four jurors, and
if eight be not struck, the Sheriff may .
strike rs many as with those struck by
the parties will make eight. and the re-
naming twelve shall act As a jury Of IN .
Quest OF damages; and before they act as
such the Sheriff shall administer TO them (
an oath or affirmation, as the ease may bc, .
chat he will honestly value the damage
sustained by the said owner or owners hy
the uscsand occupation ot the said land by
the said company. and the jury shall IT.
dtee their inquisition to writing, and sign
and seal the same, and it shall then be re
turned By the Sheriff to tue clerk of the
county where the the land may be. and 10y
such clerk fled in his office. and shall be
coLhrmed 10y said court a. its next session,
il no cause be shown 70 the contrary. but
If SIT aside, the said cour, may direct an
other inquirit'on to be taken in the man
LeI above prescribed, and such inquisItion