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the same and with wheels four inches or upwards,
three cents ; mules and oxen to berated as horses.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That during the con-
struction of said road the Company may obstruct
the trade upon the same, so far as in their judg-
ment may he necessary to protect it from injury.

Obstruct
trade.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That nothing in this
Act shall be construed so as to authorize said Com-
pany to issue any note, token, scrip, device or
other evidence of debt to be used as a currency,
find the Legislature reserves to itself the right to
alter or amend this Act of incorporation at plea-
Mire.

Banking pro-
hibited,

Alter.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from and alter its passage.

Approved February 26, 1868,

In force.

CHAPTER CT.

AN ACT to amend the Code of Public General
Laws, "Title Publication of Laws," by adding
thereto an additional Section as follows :

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the Article of the Code of
Public General Laws, entitled "Publication of
Laws," being the Act of eighteen hundred and
sixty-five, Chapter thirty-one, be amended by
adding thereto an additional Section, as follows :
5. The Treasurer, upon the warrant of the
Comptroller, shall pay to the publishers of the
newspapers in which the Public General Laws are
printed in conformity with the first Section of this
Article, the compensation to which they may re-
spectively be entitled for printing said General
Laws, within six months from the time of publi-
cation.

Publication
of laws.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect frem the date of its passage.

Approved February 26, 1868.

In force