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part of such road as aforesaid, or in case they shall make
any connection With any existing railroad, and construct
such connection to the Pennsylvania line as aforesaid, then
so much of said Act, being the twentieth section thereof, as
declares such charter forfeited, in case the road provided for
in the twelfth section thereof is not commenced in six years
after the passage of said Act, and shall not be completed in
twelve years from the commencement thereof, shall be inop-
erative and void.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President and
Directors of said company shall have full power and authority
to connect any railroad to which said company may become
entitled under the provisions of this or the original Act, to
which this is a supplement, with any other railroad hereafter
constructed leading from the Pennsylvania line to the town
ot Bedford, in Pennsylvania, and also to make such contracts
and arrangements with the persons or company making such
road for the through transportation of passengers and mer-
chandise in the cars and carriages of either road as may ap-
pear to said President and Directors convenient and advan-
tageous; Provided, that the Pittsburgh and Connellsville
Rail Road Company, as proposed to be chartered, by a bill
now pending, in the laying out and constructing their road
from the town of Cumberland to the Pennsylvania line, shall
have priority of choice over any road to be laid out or con-
structed by the said Cumberland and Pennsylvania Rail
Road Company in the right of way.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the President and Direc-
tors of said company are hereby authorized and empowered
to receive any existing railroad, or any part thereof, in pay-
ment of any subscription of stock which may be made to said
road by any incorporated company or individuals, at such
rate as may be agreed upon between the said President and
Directors and said individuals or incorporated company so
subscribing—and that any incorporated company now exist-
ing in Allegany county, are hereby authorized and empowered
to subscribe to the capital stock of said company.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the day of its passage.

We hereby certify, that the foregoing is an authentic copy
of the bill entitled, an Act amendatory of the Act entitled,
"an Act to incorporate the Cumberland and Pennsylvania
Rail Road Company," passed at the December session, 1849,
chapter 469, passed by the General Assembly of Maryland
at its present session, 185S.

JOS. J. STEWART, JR.,

Clerk of the House of Delegates.
J. PINKNEY,

Secretary of the Senate.
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