Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-05-12
LazCs--- General.

and any company negectng. or refusing to erect
such sign shall be liable in damages for all iEju-
ries occurring to persons, or property from each
neglect or refusal.
Sec 20. And be it enacted, That each ard
every railroad company incorporated under
this Act. shall annually, in the month of Janu-
ary make full report Of the condition of its ai-
fairs to the Comptroller, showing the amount of
the capital stock of such company, the gross
amount of tolls, or receipts during the previous
year, the cost ofrepairs and incidental expenses,
the net amount of profits, and the dividends made,
with such other facts as may be necessary to
full statement of the affairs and condition OF such
road and the Comptroller shall present an alb
stract copy of such report TO the General AS
sembly, at each session thereof
Sec 81. And be it enacted, That whenever
the line of any railroad company, now exist
ing or which may hereafter organize under
this act, shall cross any canal, or any naYl-
gable water, the said company shall file with
the Board of Public Works, the plan of
tie bridge and other fixtures for crossing
such canal or navigable water, designating the
place of crossing; and if the said board shall ap-
prove Of such plan, it shall notify such company,
in writing of such approval, but if the said board
or acting commissioner shall disaprove such
plan, or fail to approve the same within twenty
days from the fling thereof, then it shall be law
full for such company to apply to the Circuit
COGrI, OF any Juuge lDeTeOl Ill FdCdllOuJ anu
upon reasonable notice being given to the mem
bers Of the Board of Public Works, said Court
or Judge shall, upon good cause shown, appoint
a competent, disinteresed engineer, not a resi-
dent of any county through which said road
passes to examine such crossing, and to prescribe
the plan and condition thereof, so as not to I'M
pede navigation: and such engineer shall within
twenty days from his appointment, make his re-
turn to the Circuit Court of the county where
such crossing is to be made, subject to exception
by either party, and thereupon The Court shall;
at the next term after the filing of said return,
proceed TO examine the same, and unless good
cause is shown, shall approve and confirm the
same, and such order of confirmation shall be
sufficient authority for the erection, use and &C.
cupancy of such bridge in accordance with such
plan, provided, that railroad company shall
be authorized to construct any permanent bridge
over any canal of this State which shall be less
than twelve feet in the clear above the top water
line of said canal, and the piers and abutments
of such bridge shall be placed so not in any
manner to contract the width of the canal, or
interfere with free passage on the towing-path.
Sec. %. And be it enacted, That no rail-
road company, heretofore or hereafter incorpo-
rated under the laws of this State shall enter in
to any agreement for the consolidation of such
railroad company, with any other railroad com
company, or aid any other railroad company in
the construction of its railroad, by means OF
subscription to the capital stock of such other
railroad company, or otherwise, or shall lease
or purchase, all or any part of any railroad con-
structt by any other railroad company, with
out the authority of an Act of Assembly, autho-
rizing it to enter into such agreement, or to
give such aid, or to make such lease or purchase,
being first had and obtained.
S5c. %. And be it enacted That every rail
road company in the State, shall cause all its
tpap of rapS for entirely sion
pom each arrival at a station, advertised by such
company as a station for receiving passengers,
upon such trains, at least one-half of one minute;
and every company, and every person in the
employment of such company, that shall violate,
or cause, or permit to be violated, the provisions
of this section, shall be liable to forfeiture of
not more than one hundred, nor less than twenty
dollars, to be recovered in an action of debt,
upon the complaint Of any person, before any
Justice of the Peace of the county in which such
violation shall occur, and in all cases in which
forfeiture shall occur under the provisions of this
section, the company whose agents shall cause,
or permit such violation, shall be liable for the
amount of such forfeiture, and in all cases, the
conductor upon such train shall be held prima
facie to have caused the violation of this section,
which may occur upon the train in his charge,
said forfeiture to be recovered in the name of the
State of Maryland, for the use of common
schools
Sec. "a And be it enacted That all Acts
and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provi-
sons of this Act, are repealed to the extent to
which said Act or part of Acts, are thus incon-
sistent
Sec. %. And be it enacted, That this Act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
We hereby certify, that the aloregoing is true
aud perfect copy of an Act passed the Gener-
NJ, tbn lam by
Session, 1876.
AUGUSTUS GASSAWAY,
Secretary Of the Senate.
MILTON Y. KIDD,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
Approved April 7, 1876.