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	may fix the penalty of his bond, and his compensa-
	tion to be derived from fines and wharfage ; such
	wharf master shall hold his position for one year, or
	until his successor shall be appointed, and shall ac-
	count, under oath, to the county commissioners for all
	fines and wharfage collected by him within thirty
	days after his year of office has expired.
	SUB- SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That sections seven-
	ty-four and seventy-five of article fourteen of the Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Kent county,"	Repealed.
	sub-title " Chestertown," be and the same are here-
	by repealed.
	Approved April 10, 1880.
	CHAPTER 488.
	AN ACT to amend the charter of the Baltimore,
	Peabody Heights and Waverly Passenger Kail-
	road, by authorizing an increase of its capital
	stock, the holding by it of the stock and securities
	of a connecting railway, and to change its cor-
	porate name to the North Baltimore Passenger
	Railway Company.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
	bly of Maryland, That if the capital stock of the
	Baltimore, Peabody Heights and Waverly Passen-
	ger Railroad, as prescribed by the act of eighteen
	hundred and seventy-two, chapter three hundred
	and sixty-nine, be deemed insufficient for the pur-
	poses of said act and its amendments, it shall and	Increase cap-
	may be lawful for the president and directors of said	ital stock.
	company, or a majority of them, from time to time,
	to increase the said capital stock by the addition of
	as many shares as they may deem necessary, for
	which they may, at their option, cause subscriptions
	to be received in the manner prescribed by them, or
	may sell the same for the benefit of the company,
	for any sum not under their par value.