JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

the present number, to wit: nine, unto eleven, and to
provide that of such number two may be citizens and
residents of States other than the State of Maryland."

477

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the United Railway and Electric Company of
Baltimore, a corporation formed by consolidation of the
Baltimore City Passenger Railway Company and the Balti-
more and Northern Railway Company, constituting the United
Railway and Electric Company, and by the consolidation of
the said United Railway and Electric Company so constituted
with the Baltimore Consolidated Railway Company, the
Central Railway Company, the Baltimore, Catonsville and
Ellicott's Mills Passenger Railway Company and other street
railway companies, be and it is hereby authorized to increase
the board of directors of the said United Railway and Electric
Company of Baltimore from the present number of nine direc-

United Rail-
way and
Electric Co.
of Balto.

tors, as mentioned in said article of consolidation, unto eleven
directors, when and as the said United Railway and Electric
Company of Baltimore may deem the same proper and expe-
dient; and provided also, that the principal office for the
transaction of the business of the said company shall be
established and located and is hereby established and located
in the City of Baltimore, during the existence of the charter
of the said company.

And also be it further enacted, That of the said board of
directors so constituted, not exceeding two in number may
be citizens and residents of States other than the State of
Maryland; provided, that this Act is without prejudice to
any of the rights of the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more, and shall not be construed to impair any of the same.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 5, 1900.

CHAPTER 320.
AN ACT to repeal Section three of Chapter seven hundred
and four of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland
of the Session of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled
an "Act to provide for the assessment and collection of a
tax upon distilled spirits, and to re-enact said Section three
so as to read as follows," and also to add an additional
section to said Chapter seven hundred and four to be known
as Section twelve.

Authority to
increase board
of directors.