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in the name of said Company by an action of debt before any Justice of the Peace or the Cir- cuit Court for the county in which such damage shall be sustained, and also be subject to an in- dictment in the Circuit Court for the county where such offence may be committed, and upon conviction of such offence shall be punished by fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of said Courts.
Sec. 20. And be it enacted, That if this road shall not be commenced in four years from the passage of this Act, and shall not be finished in ten years from said date, then this Act shall be null and void.	Limit,
Sec. 21. And be it enacted, That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to authorize the said Company to issue any note, token, script or other evidence of debt to be used as currency, and the Legislature hereby reserves the right to alter, amend or modify this Act at pleasure.	Banking pro- hibited.
Sec. 22. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved March 20, 1868.	In force.
CHAPTER 162. AN ACT to enable the Vestry of Saint Thomas' Parish, in Baltimore County, to hold money in trust for certain religious and charitable pur- poses, connected with the Protestant Episcopal Church in America, or with said Parish.
SECTION 1. Se it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Vestry of Saint Thomas' Parish, in Baltimore County, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to receive by be- quest or gift any sum or sums of money, not ex- ceeding altogether ten thousand dollars, and the	May receive bequests.