Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-05-22
TCuApTER 37O.1
CHAPTER $40.
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.
AN ACT

[CHAPTER $40.
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
AN ACT
To repeal the act passed at January session,
eighteen hundred and seventy-two, chapter
three hundred and ffty-fve, entitled an act to
authorize the issuing of licenses to Telegraph
Companies and Express or Transportation
Companies not organized under the laws of
this State, to transact business therein, and
TO re.enact the same with amendments, and
to add the same to article iity-sx of the
Code Of Public General Laws of this State.
Section l.. BE it enacted by the General As
scmbly of Maryland That the act passed at
January session, eighteen hundred and seventy
two, chapter three hundred and fifty-fve, enti-
tied an act TO authorize the issuing Of licenses TO
telegraph companies and TO express or transport
tation companies not organized under the laws
Of this State, to transact business therein, be,
and the same is hereby repealed Provided,
That said repeal shall not effect or impair any
right vested or acquired or existing Mt the time
Of said repeal under said act nor shall it i'm
pair, dscharo or release any contract, obliga.
ton, duty, liability or penalty whatsoever now
existing, but that all suits and actions pending
and all prosecutions for penalties under said act
including all civil and criminal proceedings
whatsoever, shall be prosecuted and proceeded
with to final determination, and judgment en-
tered therein az il said act had not been re-
pealed
Sec. 2. And he it enacted, That all acts or
parts Of acts heretofore passed inconsistent with
the provisions Of this act, be- and the same are
hereby repealed,
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That said
,nt hn he ,p baraI dad
enacted and added to article ffty-six, of the
Code of Public General Laws, and made to read
as follows
Sec. 4. 1t shall not be lawful for any tele-
graph company, or for any person, firm, part
nershp or corporation to do the business OF
telegraphlng for profit or hire, in any way
within this State, or to receive compensation
therefor, or to open any office for the transact
ton Of such business within this State, without
first obtaining a license therefor as hereinafter
provided.
Sec. 8. II shall not be lawful for any express
or transportation company, or for any person,
firm, partnership, association or corporation to
do the business of transporting or forwarding
goods or packages Of any sort or of any article
of trade or traffic for profit or hire within this
State without first obtaining license therefor
as hereinafter provided.
Sec. g. Any telegraph company, person, firm,
partnership, association corporation propos-
ing 10 do the business Of telegraphing for profit
or hire within this State, and any express or
transportation company, or any person, firm,
partnership, association or corporation propos-
ing to do the business Of transporting or for
warding for profit or hire within this State, of
goods or packages Of any sort or of any article
Of trade or traffic, shall pay to the Comptroller
for Il license to do such business in this State
for one year, the sum Of three hundred dollars,
or II proportional part of said sum for any frac-
tional part Of a year, not less than one month,
and all licenses so issued shall be made TO ex-
pre on the first cay of May next, succeeding the
date Of their issue,
Sec. 7. Service Of legal process upon any of
the officers or agents OF any person, firm, part
nership, association company or corporation,
transacting said business Of telegraphing or
transporting or forwarding for profit or hire as
aforesaid, within this State, shall be sufficient
service on the person, firm, partnership, asso-
citation, company or corporation provided
copy Of such process shall be placed in the post
office by the officer serving the same directed to
the officer in charge of the principal Office
OF said person, firm, partnership, association,
company or corporation in the city Of Balt-
more, and such officer in making return of such
process, shall certify to the court op tie
day Of said service that he complied with
the provisions Of this section by placing such
copy in the post Office so directed with the
postage stamp annexed 10 the envelope com
tanning the same.
Sec. 8. If any telegraph company, person,
firm, partnership, association or corporation
shall so do the business OF telegraphing for pro-
fit or hire within this State, or shall open any
Office or Offices for the transaction of such bust
ness, or if any express or transportation com
pany, or any person, firm, partnership, associa-
ton or corporation, shall do the business Of
or forwarding any article of trade
Or trailc for prOiiC or hire within this State, or
shall open any Office or Offices for the transac-
lion Of such business without having first OBJ
Lalned license TO transact such business as
aforesaid, the company, person, firm, partner
ship, association or corporation so offending
shall be subject to a penalty Of one thousand
dollars, to be recovered by suit in the name OF
he State Of Mary land in any court in this State
having jurisdiction over the said claims and
,ne-half Of said penalty when recovered shall
De paid into The Treasury Of the State, and the
,ther half of the said penalty shall be paid 10
he iniormer.
Sec. 0. Amy person acting as agent for any
telegraph company or express or tran sportation
company, firm, partnership, association or corpo-
alton in violation OF the preceding section
hall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and snail be
liable to indictment therefor, and on conviction
n any court having jurisdiction shall be fined
rot exceeding five hundred dollars.
Sec. 10. Any telegraph company, express or
transportation company, person, firm, partner
hip, association or corporation proposing to do
he business Of telegrsphing for profit or hire |
within the limits of any single county in his |
State, within the limits Of the city ofBaliimore
,r proposing 10 do the business of transporting or
orwardng for profit or hire within the limits |
If any single county in this State, or within The |
limits Of the city of Baltimore, any article Of
rafe or traffic, any package or parcel Of
goods Of any sort, shall pay TO the clerk Of the
circuit court for the county in which said bust
ness is proposed 10 be done, or to the clerk OF
The court Of common pleas Of the city Of Bslti
more, If the said business is proposed to be done
IN said city, the sum Of twelve dollars for q