The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-04-07
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complete statemeIlkof the affairs and proceed
ings Of the compapn. for suGh speciafNneet-
ing Of the Stockholders may bs called by pr,der
oftbe Directefs, Of BY Stockholders holding
ene fifth III Hnlonnt Of The capital stock, by
dike poaice noticc as that required lof ppnual
meetinge, Specifying moreover tie object OF the
meeting. but no business shall be transacted at
. such specaal meetings unless majority OF the
STOCK hQi deTs shall attend u person Or by proxy.
SEC f2.--Arp ~ 8r ENACTED, That the said
company be and they are hereby authorized to
locate aud construct railroad from some con
venient point at the lrnts Of the city of Balt
more, to be selected by them to Pikesyile Bal
| timore county, over the Reisterstown turnpike
road, or such other route as they may select,
and for auch purpose may enter into any CON
tract with said gifnpike Road Company, with
the assent of said Turnpike Road Company,
acknowledgements hereby -satilorizsd to- give and
upon such terms as may be agreed upon be-
tween said cpnipabies, and not .obliefwisa. and
may enter upon any land necessary fer loca-
ting, laying .yout or makiRg r the said road,
branches or extensions. OF oyer another route
stone, gravel, earth, wood or timber Cor sach
/ USE and obtain the right1o The saineas herein
{. after provided. ti.ff fe8rla tase 8,tE
SEC. 13.--AsD Bg 1T ExAcTED, That the Presle
/ dent and Directors Of said Company may agree
| with the owner or owners Of any lands earth,
| gravel timber or other material, or any Inn
| provements for the construction or repair OF
! the said road or its works for the purchase or
use and occupation Of the same and in ease
4 they cannot agree, or if the owner or owners
| or any of them, be, feme couert, non co1lpoS
4 maentis, or out of the State. application to
4 Justice Of the Peace of Baltimore county, he
d shall issue hszwarrant UNDER his hand aid
4 seal, directed to the sheriff Of said county, re-
quirng him to summon q jury Of twenty men,
inhabitants Of the county, and each party shall
be entitled TO strike from said list the names Of
four jurors. and in ease the owners of said
lands, earth, timber or other material, so to- be
condemned shall be minor, non coanpos mem ?
i rs. tsRc c0cert, resident Of the State,
and not represented by an agent, attorney or &
trustee, it shall be the duty of the said sheriff
to strike from said list the names of four per-
sons, so as to1eave the panel of twelve Jurors
not related to either of the parties or otherwise
Interested in the premises, to meet on the land
to be valued ON day to be specified in said
warrant, not less than five or more than ten
days after issuing the same, and in ease any Of
ii the jurors aforesaid do not attend, the sheriff
Il shall instanter summon as many jurors as may
be necessary with the jurors in attendance 10
furhishs panel of twenty jurors afore said,
! who shall act in theipremises, and the sheriff
shall administer to each of them cath or al
' frmation as the case may be, that he viii just
I'll ly and partially value the dana ges and benz
a etits which the owner or owners of said lands
II ] will sustain by use or occupation. of the same
II by the company if required by the party
;, parties whose lands are to be affected by their
. proceedings or by the said Railroad Company
4 to be summoned such witnesses as the parties
n may require, and shall examine chem ON cath 8
n or affirmation in relation to the value of the
! | property to be condemned, and they shall re-
= duce the testimony, if any is taken by them,
= to writing, and after the testimony is closed,
v and without any unnecessary delay and after
:. having made fair and Just comparison of adj
IS vantage and disadvantage arising from the
v said Railroad, they shall estimate and deter
% mine whether any and if any, what amount Of
do, has aay ho -fai,
. said owner or owners respectively, and make
r report thereof accordingly and the said jury
y shall reduce their nquisiton to writing, shall
4 sign and seal the same, and it shall then be
i returned by the said Sheriff to the Clerk ofthe
. Circuit Court of said County, and by him filed
v in his Office which inqusition shall be con
4 firmed by said Court at its next session, ifno
4 sufficient cause to the contrary be shown. and
N when confirmed shall be recorded by said Clerk,
~ but if set aside the same Court shall direct an
n other inquisition to take place in the manner
10 before described, whose decision shall be re-
a turned as before directed, and such valuation
10 when paid or rendered to the owner or owners
or of said property, his, her or their legal rep
o. resentatves, shall entite the said Company to
II the estate and interest in hesame, thus valued
rs as fully as if il had been conveyed by HE owns
~ er or owners of the same, and the said valua-
70 ton, if not received when rendered, may atany
"a time thereafter be received from the said
~ | Company by the said owner or owners,
|
h. ded that private property shall be taken by
If said Company for the use of the said Railroad,
o. without just compensation as agreed upon by
is the parties, or awarded by the Jurors, being
o. first paid or rendered to the party entitled to
h such com pensation. -
ct SEC. 14-AND BE 1T ENACTED, That on the
II completion of the said Railroad, or any see
- ton thereof, it shall and may be lawful for said
~ Company to demand and receive for tolls and
, | TRANSFORMATION of all goods, produce merean7
L Of u urba
n rate of not exceeding ten cents per ton per
10 mile, and for the transportation of passengers
as not exceedngfye cents per mile for each pas
"a senger.
"a SEC. 15.-AND BE 1T ENACTED, That if any
~ person or persons shall wliully break, lnjure,
or destroy the Railroad, or any part thereof, to
=, be erected by the said Company in pursuance
20 of this Act, or shall in any manner obstruct
- the free passage along the said Railroad, he,
- She or they shall forfeit and pay to the said
"a Company, three times the actual damages 50
~ sustained, to be sued for, and recovered with
n cost of suit before any Justiceof the Peace or
70 in any court having cognizance thereof by ac-
=. ton of debt, or in the case, in the name and
q for the use of the said Company. 49,.
/ Sec 16.-7AND BE 1T ENACTED, That TINS COM
i pany shall have power to borrow one hundred
- thousand dollars and mortgage the property
n of the said Company for that purpose
4 Sec 17.-AND BE IT ENACTED, That the Presi-
!" dent and Directors of said Company shall have
\ arrangements with any other Railroad Compa-
~ nv now in existence, or hereafter to Be con-
!, structed, for through transportation OF passen-
y gers and merchandise and of all property of
: I what kind soeYer in the cars of either Com
e pany.
~ SEC. Is.-AND BE ENACTED, That the said
/. Company shall have full power to purchase
!, and to hold all real estate necessary for the
: purpose of said Railroad or any of their works
'. to buy and build houses and shops for corpo-
7 rated purposes, and when the final survey Of
= any part of said road shall be made by the
: Company's engineer, such survey shall be re-
: corded in the Recorders or Clerks office Of
= Baltimore county, and the records thereefslfall
; be evidence of the route and limits ofsaid road
!, Sec I9--ANp BE 1T Enacted That the Cen
: era Assembly hereby reserves to itselfthe right
to alter, amend or repeal this Act, or any part
+ thereof. az sANH is8 fsB/
, SEC 20.-AND BE 1T ENACTED, That the said
road shall be commenced within eighteen
II months, and completed in three years from tho
passage of this Act, otherwise this charter shall
be null and void.
SEc. 21.-AND BE IT ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect and have full operation from
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