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

Sec. 145. Aud be it enacted, That an,
corporation authorized by section one hun
dred and forty of this article, to construc
the railroad therein mentioned, may charge
any citizen or corporation connected with
its said railroad, when using their OWL
cars, rate not exceeding two cents pei
ton per mile on all coal or other articles
that may be transported on the railroads Of
said corporation from any point on said
railroad tu the Chesapeake and Ohio Ca.
nal, or. to the Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad
or other lines Of canals and railroads
provided that the said corporation shall
return the empty cars of such citizen or
CORP GRAFTON to the point from whence they
started, free of charge.
Sec. LAG And be it enacted, That no
cars shall be placed on any railroad of any
corporation as aforesaid, unless they be
adapted in size and all necessary particu-
lars to said railroad in accordance with
the regulations of the said corporation,
which shall always provide the necessary
motive power for running said cars, and
the said cars shall be IN the exclusive care
and charge of said corporation whilst on
its railroad.
Sec. lat. And be it enacted, That no
railroad built by any mining or other cor
poration formed under this Article shall
be more than ten miles in length.
Sec. l4S. And be it enacted, That ev-
cry railroad constructed under the provis
ions Of this Article shall provide all ne
cesar means of and transport all per
sons and property that may be offered for
transportation on its said railroad, and in
all eases other than those provided for in
section one hundred and forty.five of this
Article, or in all cases in which the said
corporation furnishes the said cars and mo-
tive power, and is subject to all the ex-
penses of transportation, it shall be au-
thorized to charge rates not exceeding two
and half cents per ton per mile on all
coal or other articles, and two cents per
mile for every passenger that may be
transported on said road.
Sec. 49, And be it enacted, That any
railroad that may hereafter be constructed
or purchased by any corporation formed
under this Article, shall be SO located or
used as to occupy as little space at the
passage through the gap at Willis Noun
tain near Cumberland, as may be eompat-
ible with the full and convenient use of
said railroad, and in such manner as to
produce as little obstruction as may be to
the location of other railroads through said
gap, by any corporation now authorized
or that may hereafter be authorized to
construct the same under the authority of
this Article.
Sec. $50. And be it enacted, That all
questions of difference that may arise be.
tween any two corporations incorporated
under this Article, or between any corpo-
ration and citizen in regard to locat-
ing, constructing or workingit railroad or
railroads, or in respect to the charges of
transportation thereon, may be submitted
to, and decided by the Board Of Public
Works, and the decision of the said Board
shall be final in all cases submitted to
them. ' -' d 2f i1'.'
Sec. Isl. And be it enacted, That no.
thing contained in this Article shall be
construed to interfere with any lien law
now in force, or that may hereafter be
enacted. 49,.
Sec. 152. And be it enacted, That any
! Savings Institution Incorporated under
this Article, shall be capable of receiving
from any person or persons or bodies COR
porate or polite any deposits of money
which shall be invested or loaned out on
good security in the discretion of the Di-
rectors /; provided, no part of the funds
of said corporation shall be loaned to
any officer or Director of such corpora.
ton. ..ir- a 'i u. s|r.y a.,il0 e#'-
SEQ 1853. And be it enacted, That it
shall be the duty Of the Directors of such
corporation to appoint at least once in ev.
cry twelve months five competent mem.
bers of said corporation as a committee of
examination, whose duty it shall be to in
vestigate the affairs of said cerpoc ati on
and to make and publish a report Of su Oh
Investigations in one or more newspapers
published in tue county or city in which
such institution is situated al it shall
be the duty of the Directors at lea once
in every six months in each and every
year, to make and declare such dividends
Of the interest and profits of said institu.
ton as will not impair the deposits there
Of, or otherwise injure or effect the inter-
ests or credit Of said institution, and
the same to pay over unto the depositors
or their legal representatives within ten
days thereafter, if called upon so tc do.
Sec. 154 And be it enacted, That the
concerns of any institution under this Ar
ticle, shall at all times be subject to the
inspection of the Treasurer of Maryland,
or of such other officer or agent of the
State of Maryland as may be appointed
or selected for that purpose by either
branch of the Legislature.
Sec. los. And be it enacted, That the
capital stock of any such corporation shall
not exceed one million of dollars.
Sec. 1856. And be it enacted, That in
every church, religious society or congre-
cation of whatever sect, order or denom-
ination, or which shall at any time here.
after be known and acknowledged 10 this