Law

Abstract

THE Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company has refused to pay to the state of Maryland certain sums of money, claimed by that state, upon the ground that the statutes, imposing the obligation, are unconstitutional and void, in so far as they impose the duty of making the payment referred to in those acts. The questions involved are of general interest, and we propose to state the grounds upon which the claim of the state of Maryland has been resisted. The Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, which have given rise to the controversy, are as follows:-