The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-06-26


person who shall unlawfully and inten
tionally, ipjure, modest or destroy any o.
said linrs, posts, piers, or abutments, OIL
the materials or property connected with
the working of any telegraph line, shall
on conviction thereof be deemed guilty Of
misdemeanor, and be punished by a
fine not exceeding five hundred dollars OF
imprisonment in the county or city Jail
not exceeding one year, or both at the
discretion of the Court before which the
conviction shall be had.
Sec. 1856. And be it enacted, That any
person connected with any such corpora
ton in this State, either as clerk, opera
tor, messenger, or 10 any other capacity,
who shall wilfully divulge the contents or
the nature of the contents of any private
communication entrusted to him for trans
mission or delivery: or who shall wilfully
refuse OF neglect to transmit or deliver the
same, shall on conviction before any court
be adjudged guilty of misdomeanor, and
shall suffer imprisonment in the Jail in
in the county or city where such conpic-
ton shall be had for term of not more
than three months, or shall be fined not
exceeding five hundred dollars 10 the dis.
erection of the Court. -.
Sec. 1876, And be it enacted, That if
the wires or cords of any telegraph line
located or stretched or extended from one
post or pole to another, in such manner
as to prevent the owner of any timber
growing along the line of such telegraph
corporation from cutting and telling the
same, and the owner thereof in cutting or
telling such timber, shall iDjure the wires,
cords or posts of such telegraph line, he
shall not be liable to an action for dam
ages unless it shall appear that in such
cutting and Telling or in having the same
cut or felled, the said owner wilfully and
Intentionally injured such wires, cords
and posts.
Sec. 1877. And be it enacted, That any
corporation formed under this Article for
manufacturing purposes may change or
extend Its business to any other manufac.
turing business subject to the provisions
and liabilities in this Article prescribed,
with reference to such corporations, and
whenever any such corporation shall de-
sire to change or enlarge its business, it
shall take such steps and proceed in all re-
spects as is in sections 72, 70, IA and IS
of this Article, provided, in reference to
the increase or diminutlon of the capital
stock Of corporations and if the assent of
two,thirds of all the shares of stock in the
said corporation shall be obtained to the
said proposed change in the manner set
forth in the sid sections of this article,
then upon the making out and recording
in the manner therein directed, of a Ger.
tifoate showing compliance in all of the
said provisions and prelimiuaries, and set.
ting forth the business to which the bu-
sihes of said corporation has been chang
ed or enlarged, then thesbusiness which
SAID corporation may carry on thence
forth shall be that to which it has
been thus changed or enlarged, and the
company shall be entitled to all the priyil,
oges and provisions, and be subject to all
the liabilities of this article. n 1"''.l-
Sec, 1888! And be it enacted, That no
corporation formed under this article for
any of the purposes mentioned, in classes
Z, 8, 8 and 10, as hereinbefore designated
shall hold more than Eve hundred acres
OF land at any one time, nor shall its cap.
ital stock exceed three million dollars, and
the, presence in person or by proxy, Of a
majority in interest Of the stockholders,
shall be necessary to form quorum for
business l at any meeting of the stockhold-
ers or members. l..- - -, -'
Sec. 1879. And be it enacted, That the
President and Directors of any corporation
mentioned in the last preceding section,
shall be invested with full power to To-
cate and construct railroad or railroads,
with necessary appurtenances, beginning
the same at or near the mines, manufac-
tories or works Of the said corporation,
and running to any convenient point or
points, that may best suit the convent
ence and interest of said corporation, aud
to use and control the said railroad or
railroads, and the necessary vehicles and
appurtenances thereunto belonging.
Sec. 140. And be it enacted, That it
shall net be lawful for any corporation
formed under this Article, to occupy any
portion Of the lands that may be neces-
sary for the accommodation Of the works
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Com
pany or the main route of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, or the works of, any
other railroad chartered by this State, ex
cept to cross said roads without injury to
the same.
Sec. 141. Aud be it enacted, That the
Legislature may at any time regulate,
modify or change the control, use and es-
tate of any railroad constructed by such
corporation, in such manner, as it may
deem equitable towards the said corpora
tion, and necessary to the accommodation
of the public travel, or use of the said
railroad or railroads.
Sec. AZ And be it enacted, That no
railroad constructed by such corporation
shall pass through the limits of any in
corporated city or town without the con.
sent of the. corporate authorities thereof,
nor through any dwelling house, ware.
house, stable, yard, garden, or orchard,