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shall be purchased unless all coupons thereof, respectively, not
then due shall remain attached to such bonds at the time of
purchase.

"Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That said bonds shall be delivered
to the said Baltimore and Virginia Railroad Company by the
said County Commissioners when the roadbed of said rail-
road shall in every respect be completed and ready for the
operation of trains and running over the same from a point
on the Washington, Baltimore 'and Annapolis Electric Rail-
way, at or near Millersville, through the lower section of Anne
Arundel county, and through Calvert county to a point at or
near Drum Point, in said Calvert county, and not before; pro-
vided, the said Baltimore and Virginia Railroad Company
completes the construction of said railroad within two years
after the final ratification of this Act by a majority of all the
members elected, to each House of 'the General Assembly of
Maryland at its next session after the passage of this Act.

"Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That the said County Com*
missioners of said county be and they are hereby authorized
to sell or pledge the shares of stock which may be subscribed
for at not less than their par value, and to apply the proceeds
thereof to the payment of said bonds and the interest thereon,

"Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That the County Commis-
sioners of said county, or a majority of them, are hereby
authorized and empowered either in person or by proxy to
vote the stock so to be subscribed for at any meeting of the
stockholders of said Company, under such conditions as the
private stockholders may be 'authorized to vote their indi-
vidual stock.

"Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That this Act shall be adver-
tised in the newspapers published in Calvert county for two
months preceding the next election for members of the House
of Delegates, and be subject to the approval of a majority of
all members elected to each House of the General Assembly
of Maryland at its next session after the passage of this Act.
And it is hereby made the duty of the said County Commis-
sioners of Calvert county and they are hereby directed to have
this Act published as required by this section.

"Sec. 12. And be it enacted, That in the event that the
Baltimore and Virginia Railroad Company shall fail to com-
ply with the provisions imposed on it by this Act, that then
and in that event any other railroad company incorporated
under the laws of the State of Maryland, which shall comply

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