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No. 1.
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WHEREAS, It has been represented that the subscrip-
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tion by the Treasurer of this State to the capital
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stock of the Southern Maryland Railroad Com-
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pany, to the amount of one hundred and sixty-
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three thousand dollars, under the provisions of the
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Act of the General Assembly of Maryland, ap-
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proved March 30th, 1868, entitled an act to aid in
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construction of works of internal improvements
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in St. Mary's, Charles and Calvert counties, was
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procured by false and fraudulent representations
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of certain officers of said company, and that the
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said sum of one hundred and sixty-three thousand
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dollars has been paid over to said company by the
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State Treasurer, upon the like false and fraudu-
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lent statements of certain officers of said company;
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and
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WHEREAS, It is represented that the said Southern
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Maryland Railroad Company has ceased all work
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on its road for nearly two years past, is bankrupt,
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and yet has not expended said sum of one hundred
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and sixty-three thousand dollars upon its railroad,
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but has misappropriated the same; and
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