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timore or the city of New York, as the Directors of said Company may from time to time appoint, and all meetings of the President and Directors of said Company may also be held at either of the above named places, which the President of said Company may from time to time appoint, and in all meetings of the stockholders, a majority of said stockholders, and in all meetings of said President and Directors, a majority of said President and Directors shall constitute a quorum for the trans- action of business.
Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the said Com- pany be and the same is hereby invested with all and singular the rights, power and authority ne- cessary to enable it to locate, construct and main- tain such railroad or railroads within Allegany County as the Directors may deem necessary for the convenient transaction of its business, and for these purposes the said Company shall be and is hereby invested with all and singular the rights, power, immunities, franchises and privileges for the surveying, locating and constructing of such railroad or railroads, and for the working, repair- ing, preserving and controlling the same and the necessary vehicles and appurtenances thereto be- longing and every part thereof; which by the Act and more particularly the fifteenth Section thereof, incorporating the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and its several supplements, were for the lawful purposes of said Company and the benefit of its corporators given, granted, authorized and secured to the said Company and to the President and Di- rectors thereof respectively as fully and particu- larly as if the same were herein repeated, and in lieu of constructing any such railroad or railroads as are hereinbefore authorized, or in addition thereto, the said Company may purchase, lease, hold and maintain any other railroad or railroads of transportation already constructed or hereafter	Powers.
to be constructed within Allegany County, with all the rights powers and franchises connected therewith ; and it shall also be lawful for said Company to own such canal boats, steamboats and sailing vessels as it may desire in connection with its business, and to subscribe for and take stock in any railroad company it may deem expedient, and the said Company hereby incorporated shall trans-	Legality of ownership.