Year: 1866

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vevors and other artists and iaborers that
they shall deem necessary to complete, ana
carry on said canal or any portion oi Il !;
to FIX the amount of salaries TO be paId by
the company to al officers and persons
employed BY the company (except their
own salary, which shah be k1ed by ma
Jority of all tie directors, and generally 20
/ do alt such other asts, matters and things
By this act and by laws. and the regula-
trens of the company they are authorized
to do they shall also at AZ t1nes Keep
perfect, Jast and true books Of account
wherein shall be entered full scatemesi
Of all monies by them received. ana all
monies paid, laid out and expended Tor
said company, which books shall at all
times be open to the inspection OF any di-
rector or stockholders of said company,
and true report shall be made thereof TO
the directors thereof at their annual meet
ing to be held at the city of Washington ;,
on the first Monday of March IN each and
every year.


Sec. g And be it further enacted. That
said company is hereby empowered to pur-
chase, lease, receive and hold real estate
and water rights, which shlll be deemed
necessary for the use Of said company, but
al soch real estate, aud water rights or
other property thus leased or purchased,
and such real estate or water rights which
are not donations, shall be leased or pur-
chased by the company Of the owner or
owners Of the same, at price to be mutu-
alfy agreed upon between them. and IN
case they cannot agree, OF any OF the ow-
ners be feme cove,t, under age. non
eoayzsos u,entis. OF out Of the county IN
which the psoperty wanted may be- aPp,h-
cation may be made to any Justice OF the
Peace Of such county, who shall there-upon
issue hi, warrant under seal, directed TO
the sheriff of said county, requiring him
to summon twenty disintsressed inhabitants
to meet at or near the hand On the day
named in the said warrant, not less than
ten. nor more than twenty days after issu-
ing the same, and if any Of the SAID per
sons do not attend, the said sheriff shall
Immediately summon as many Jurors as
shall be necessary with the Jurors IN atten-
dance to furnish a panel of twenty m at
tendance, and from the panel each party
NAV strike four jurors. and if eight be not
struck, the sheriff may strike as many as
with those struck by the parties will make
eight, and the remaining twelve shall act
as Jury of inquest Of damages; and before
thew act as such the sheriff shall admins
ter to them an oath OF affirmation, as the
case may be, that he Will honestly value
the damages sustained by the sald owner
or owners by the use and occupation OF
the said land by the said company and
the said jury shall reduce their m1ulsltion
to writing, and sign and seal the same,
and it shall then be returned by the sher-
iff to the clerk of the county where the
land may be, and by such clerk filed IN
his office. and shall be confirmed by SAID
court at its next session, if no cause be
shown to the contrary, but if set aside,
the court may direct another inqulsltlon to
be taken in the manner bovc prescribed,
and such inquisition shall describe the
property taken by metes and bounds, and
the valuation when paid or rendered by
the company, shall en:itle said com
pany to the use and occupation du-
ring their corporate existence, and If the
valuation shall not be received any time
afterwards, and al. the expenses incurred
by the said inquisition shall be paid by the
said company.


Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That
the said company shall at their own costs
and expense erect and maintain good and
substantial bridges over and across said
canal wherever it crosses any public road
or street, and also where 1t crosses any
private roads, should they by the agree
ment with the owners Of real estate agree
so to do, or should the company by the
verdict of any jury duly authorized, be re-
uuired so to do.


Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That
it is and may be lawful for the said COM
pany to levy, demand and receive all such
tolls not exceeding eighty per cent, Of the
maximum charges authorized to be cbarg-
ed by the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Company, as majority Of the Directors at
anv regular meeting shall assess upon all
vessels, either empty or containing freight,
and all goods. chattles and freight Of ally
kind carried throug h said canal, and upon
all RATS of timber and crafts navigating
said canal, subject however to the right of
the General Assembly Of the State of Ma
ryland to increase or reduce said tolls.


Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That
if any person commanding or directing
any vessels, upon the canal, shall anton
ly or negligently obstruct or impede the
navis alton thereof. or any other person
maliciously injure the Locks, Bridges, Ba-
sins, or any of the property Of said corpo-
ration, shall be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor, and liable to be sued in any court
of the State, or of the United States hav-
ing jurisdiction thereof. in penalty OF
not less than fifty dollars.


Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That the
said company shall as soon as practicable
after the passage of this act BY the Gene-
raj Assembly Of the State of Maryland, so
commence and prosecute the work of con-
structing said Canal that it shall be fully
completed in three years from and after
the passage of this act.


Sec. T. And be it further enacted,
That this act shall be deemed and taken