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der this Act, who shall knowingly or wilfully make any false or fraudulent statement as representation in or with reference to any application for membership, or for the purpose of obtaining money from or benefit in any association transacting business under this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the Court, and any person who shall wilfully make a false statement of any material fact or thing in a sworn statement as to the death or disability of a certificate-holder in any such association for the purpose of procuring payment of a benefit named in the certificate of such holder, and any person who shall wilfully make any false statement in any verified report or declaration under oath required or authorized by this Act, shall be guilty of perjury, and shall be proceeded against and punished as provided by the statutes of this State in relation to the crime of perjury. Any person who shall solicit membership for or in any manner assist in procuring membership in any fraternal beneficiary association not licensed to do business in this State, or who shall solicit membership for or in any manner assist in procuring membership in any such association not authorized, as herein provided, to do business as herein defined in this State, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars. Any association or any officer, agent or employee thereof neglecting or refusing to comply with, or violating any of the provisions of this Act, the penalty for which neglect, refusal or violation is not specified in this section, shall be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars upon conviction thereof.

Mining Companies.

1904, art. 23, sec. 227. 1888, art. 23, sec. 144. 1860, art. 77, sec. 1. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 138. 1874, ch. 432. 1906, ch. 178. 1908, ch. 240, sec. 227.

245. No mining company, incorporated under this Article, shall hold more than one thousand (1,000) acres of land at any

one time, if said corporation is situated in Allegany county; nor more than five hundred (500) acres if in any other county; nor shall its capital stock exceed three million dollars ($3,000,000); and the presence, in person or by proxy, of a majority in interest of the stockholders shall be necessary to form a quorum for business at any meeting of the stockholders or members.

1911, art. 23, sec. 246. 1860, art. 77, sec. 2.

1904, art. 23, sec. 228. 1888, art. 23, sec. 145. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 139. 1912, ch. 112, sec. 228.

246. The president and directors of any corporation mentioned in the preceding section shall be invested with full power to locate and construct a railroad or railroads, with necessary appurtenances, beginning the same at or near the mines, manufactories or works of the said corporation and running to any convenient point or points that may best suit the convenience and interest of said corporation, or beginning at the tipple or other works of said corporation, or at the place where said corporation intends or designs to erect such tipple or other works, and running either on the surface, underground or by elevated road, or partly on the surface and partly by the other methods or one of them, to the vein of coal or other minerals at the point at which said corporation may desire to open or work the same; and to use and control said railroad or railroads, and the necessary vehicles and appurtenances thereto belonging.

Ibid, sec. 229. 1888. art. 23, sec. 146. 1860, art. 77, sec. 3.
1868, ch. 471, sec. 140.

247. It shall not be lawful for any such corporation formed under this Article to occupy any portion of the lands that may be necessary for the accommodation of the works of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company or the main route of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, or the works of any other railroad company chartered by this State, except to cross said roads without injury to the same.

Ibid, sec. 230. 1888, art. 23, sec. 147. 1860, art. 77, sec. 4.

1868, ch. 471, sec. 141.

248. The legislature may at any time regulate, modify or change the control, use and estate of any railroad constructed by such corporation, in such manner as it may deem equitable towards the said corporation, and necessary to the accommo

dation of the public travel or use of the said railroad or railroads.

1904, art. 23, sec. 231. 1888, art. 23, sec. 148. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 142.

249. No railroad constructed by such corporation shall pass through the limits of any incorporated city or town without the consent of the corporate authorities thereof; nor through any dwelling house, warehouse, stable, yard, garden or orchard, without the written consent of the owners of the same.

Ibid, sec. 232. 1888, art. 23, sec. 149. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 143. 250. The president and directors of any such corporation, or a majority of them, or any person authorized by a majority of them, may agree with the owner or owners of any land, earth, timber, stone or other materials which may be wanted for the construction or repair of said railroad or railroads, for the purchase or for the use and occupation of the same, or may obtain such land, earth or stone by condemnation.

Ibid, sec. 233. 1888, art. 23, sec. 150. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 144. 251. The citizens of this State or any corporation now or hereafter to be incorporated under the authority of this Article shall have the right to connect with the railroad or railroads hereby provided for, any other railroad, if, in the judgment of any three of the County Commissioners of the county for the time being, passed upon hearing of all parties interested, no injury will be done by such connection to the railroad of said corporation.

Ibid, sec. 234. 1888, art. 23, sec. 151. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 145. 252. Any corporation authorized by Sections 245 and 246 of this Article to construct the railroad therein mentioned, may charge any citizen or corporation connecting with its said railroad, when using their own cars, a rate not exceeding two cents per ton per mile, on all coal or other articles that may be transported on the railroads of said corporation, from any point on said road to the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, or to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, or other lines of canals and railroads; provided, that the said corporation shall return the empty cars

of such citizen or corporation to the point from whence they started, free of charge.

Ibid, sec. 235. 1888, art. 23, sec. 152. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 149.

253. No cars shall be placed on any railroad of any such corporation as aforesaid, unless they be adapted in size and all necessary particulars 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.

1904, art. 23, sec. 236. 1888, art. 23, sec. 153. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 147.

254. No railroad built by any mining or other corporation under the nine preceding sections of this article shall be more than ten miles in length.

Ibid, sec. 237. 1888, art. 23, sec. 154. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 148. 255. Every railroad constructed under the preceding provisions of this Article shall be furnished with all necessary means for the transportation of all persons and property that may be offered for transportation thereon; and in all cases other than that provided for in section 252 of this Article, or in all cases in which the said corporation furnishes the said cars and motive power, and is subject to all the expenses of transportation, it shall be authorized to charge rates not exceeding two and a 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.

Ibid, sec. 238. 1888, art. 23, sec. 155. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 146. 256. Any railroad that may hereafter be constructed or purchased by any such corporation formed under this Article shall be so located or used as to occupy as little space at the passage through the gap at Will's mountain, near Cumberland, as may be compatible 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.

Ibid, sec. 239. 1888, art. 23, sec. 156. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 150. 257. All questions of difference that may arise between any two corporations incorporated under this Article, or between any corporation and a citizen in regard to locating, constructing or working its 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.

Minors-Institutions and Societies for the Care and
Protection of.

Ibid, sec. 240. 1900, ch. 316, secs. 1 and 2. 1904, ch. 77
1906, ch. 78, sec. 1.

258. All bodies incorporated or to be incorporated under the general laws for the purpose of the care, custody, guardianship or protection of minors generally, or of any particular age or classes, have the power and authority following: (1) To retain male and female children legally committed or confided to them until the age of twenty-one years, and to discharge such children absolutely before attaining said age whenever the managers of such institutions shall deem such discharge to be beneficial to such children. (2) To permit the return of such children to their parents or other relatives, or to place them out in suitable homes without relinquishing absolutely the custody control and supervision of the managers, and a record is to be kept of the time of placing out, name and residence of persons with whom placed, and terms and conditions of placing out; and it is the duty of the managers to cause every child so placed out to be visited not less than once in six months, in order to inquire into his or her welfare until he or she shall attain the age of twenty-one years; and the managers may require the return to the institution of any child under twenty-one years of age so placed with parents or relatives or in other homes, whenever they shall deem that the welfare of the child requires such return. (3) To exercise parental authority and control over such children, and make needful provisions as to their care, maintenance and education. (4) To procure the commitment of such children in cases of necessity to reformatory institutions.

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