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operate branches and to grant unto the said railroad company
the right, power and privilege to enter upon, take and appro-
priate lands and materials for any of said purposes, as well as
for all its railroad purposes, and to possess the same powers
and privileges, and be subject to the same restrictions and
limitations granted to and imposed upon railroad companies
incorporated under the General Corporation Laws of this
State. " [Endorsed: "Read the third time and passed by yeas
and nays. "] [Which was read the first time and referred to
the Committee on Judicial Proceedings. ]

Also House Bill No. 265, entitled "An Act to repeal Section
457 of Article 4 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,
as enacted by Chapter 123 of the Acts of 1898, title 'City of
Baltimore, ' sub-title 'Fish. '" [Endorsed: "Read the third
time and passed by yeas and nays. "] [Which was read the
first time and referred to the Committee on Fish and Game. ]

Also House Bill No. 206, entitled "An Act to prohibit the
taking or catching of clams in the waters of Somerset county,
except by residents of said county, who have obtained a license
to do so, and providing penalties. 77 [Endorsed: "Read the
third time and passed by yeas and nays. "] [Which was read
the first time and referred to the Committee on Chesapeake
Bay and Tributaries. ]

Also House Bill No. 256,, entitled "An Act to repeal and re-
enact, with amendments, Section 285-A of Article 13 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title 'Harford county, '

sub-title 'Wild Fowl, ' and to name said Section 285. " [En-
dorsed: "Read the third time and passed by yeas and nays. "]
[Which was read the first time and referred to the Committee
on Fish and Game. ]

Also House Bill No. 360, entitled "An Act to close a portion
of Herring Bay, Anne Arundel county, now set apart for tong-
ing oysters, from the twenty-fifth of April, to the first day of
December, in each year. " [Endorsed: "Read the third time
and passed by yeas and nays. "] [Which was read the first
time and referred to the Committee on Chesapeake Bay and
Tributaries. ]

Also House Bill No. 352, entitled "An Act to repeal Sec-
tion 148 of Chapter 88 of the Acts of 1902, and of Article 1
of the Code of Public Local Laws, title 'Allegany county, ' sub-
title 'Frostburg, ' providing for the collection of taxes and
water rents in the town of Frostburg and to re-enact the same
with amendments. " [Endorsed: "Read the third time and
passed by yeas and nays. "] [Which was read the first time
and referred to Senators Zihlman, Speicher and Kaufman. ]