WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

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shall proceed to hear and determine the said matter

as soon after the filing of the said record in said

court as shall be practicable.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That so soon as the

structure of such bridge, if the same shall contain

a draw, shall be placed on the piers thereof, the said

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company shall be re-

quired to keep a good and sufficient steam tug, or

Keep steam
tug.

towhoat, at the location of such bridge, and shall,

at all times during the season of the open naviga-

tion of the Susquehanna river, keep the said tug or

towboat to enable every vessel or vessels to get

through or from said bridge, and in case of the neg-

lect or refusal of the officer or officers of said tug-

boat to tow through or from said bridge any vessel

or vessels that may require the aid of said tug or

towboat, then the said Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

Company shall be liable for damages to the owner

Liable for
damages.

or owners, master or masters of said vessel or ves-

sels for every such detention in a sum not less than

five nor more than twenty dollars, to be recovered

before any justice of the peace of Cecil or Harford

counties.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act

Effective.

shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 3, 1882.

Chapter 224.

AN ACT to confer additional powers upon the

Local Express Company of Baltimore city.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That the Local Express Company of

Baltimore city, a corporation chartered under the

General Laws of this State, be and it is hereby

Empowered

empowered, in aid of its forwarding business, to

to contract.

contract with the Passenger Railway Companies

of Baltimore city and the adjoining counties, and

the said companies are hereby empowered to con-

tract with it for the carriage of express matter

with despatch on the lines of their said railways.

Approved April 3, 1882.