FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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cars, depots, stations or other property belonging to said

railway, the person or persons so offending shall forfeit and

pay for each such offense a sum not exceeding fifty dollars,

to be recovered and disposed of as other fines and penalties

in said State of Maryland, and shall remain liable, in addi-

tion to said penalty, for any loss or damage sustained by

his, her or their act, as aforesaid ; but no suit shall be

brought unless commenced within sixty days after such

offense shall be committed.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the main line of said

road from the northeast boundary line of the District of

Com-

Columbia to the village of Branchville shall be commenced

menced
and com-

within twelve months and completed within three years

pleted.

from and after the passage of this act, and any extension

beyond Branchville and towards Laurel within the time

named in section one of this act.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect

Effective

from the date of its passage.

Approved March 31st, 1892.

CHAPTER 265.

AN ACT to incorporate the Isle of Wight Inlet and Oyster

Planting Company of Worcester County.

SECTION. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That Clayton J. Purnell, George M. Upshur,

Incorpora-
tion

Frank A. Furst, Martin Wagner. James S. Woodside,

George T. Gambrill, their associates and successors, and all
other persons who may be stockholders as hereinafter pro-

vided, are hereby constituted and made a body corporate by

the name of the Isle of Wight Inlet and Oyster Planting

Company of Worcester County, for the purpose of construct-

ing an inlet or a canal for the salting Isle of Wight, Assa-

woman and Synepuxent Bays and tributaries for oyster

planting and farming only, the object of which shall be to

connect the waters of the Isle of Wight, Assawoman and

Synepuxent Bays in Worcester County, with the Atlantic

Ocean, with all the works, banks, locks and appurtenances

that may be necessary for the introduction of salt water for

the cultivation and planting of oysters ; and by the afore-

said corporate name, the said Clayton J. Purnell, George

M. Upshur, Frank A. Furst, Martin Wagner, James S.

Woodside, George T. Gambrill, their associates and

successors, and all the persons who may be stockholders as