tolls exceeding the rates of six cents a mile per ton
on all goods, merchandise or property of any de-
scription whatsoever, transported on said road, nor
more than four cents a mile for each passenger they
may transport.

Oath to be
taken.

Sec. 22. And be it enacted, That every Presi-
dent and Director of said Company before enter-
ing on the duties of his office, as hereinbefore de-
scribed, shall swear or affirm as the case may be,
that he will well and truly discharge the duties of
his office to the best of his skill and judgment.

May form a
Union with
other Compa-
nies,

Sec. 23. And be it enacted, That the said rail-
road company, by such mode as may be hereafter
authorized by any meeting of the stockholders
representing in value a majority of the stock of
the same, be and they are hereby authorized to
form a union with any company incorporated in
the State of Pennsylvania for the purpose of open-
ing and constructing a railroad to Maryland and
Pennsylvania line, so that the said corporation
shall be merged in and constituted one body cor-
porate, under the name of the Central Maryland
Railroad Company as aforesaid, upon such terms
and conditions and under such regulations as may
be specified in the agreement of union, and that
the bodies corporate so formed shall be entitled
within this State to all the privileges and advan-
tages, and subject to the same restrictions as the
aforesaid Maryland Central Railroad chartered by
this Act.

When to be
commenced.

Sec. 24. And be it enacted, That should this
railroad as aforesaid not be commenced within five
years from the passage of this Act, and not fin-
ished within twenty years, then this Act shall be
null and void.

Reservation.

Sec. 25. And be it enacted. That the General
Assembly reserves to itself the right to alter,
amend or repeal this Act of incorporation at
pleasure.

In force.

Sec. 26. And be it enacted. That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.