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Penalty on company constructing railways for conveyance of passengers contrary to this Act, or having control of railways so constructed.
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6. If any railway used for the conveyance of passengers shall be constructed or altered contrary to the provisions of this Act, the company authorized to construct the railway, or, in the case of any demise or lease of such railway, the company for the time being having the control of the works of such railway, shall forfeit ten pounds for every mile of such railway which shall be so unlawfully constructed or altered, during every day that the same shall continue so unlawfully constructed or altered; and in estimating the amount of any such penalty any distance less than one mile shall be estimated as a mile.
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