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Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said cor-
poration is -created to establish a Steam Ferry,
suitable to transport passengers, goods, wagons,
carriages, live stock, or any other transportable
article, across, over and within the harbor of Bal-
timore, and the said corporation is hereby made
capable of erecting wharves, buildings, or any
other contrivances necessary or convenient for the
conduct of the business of the Ferry, for which
purpose the said corporation are authorized to pur-
chase, hold, sell, rent or lease land. And the
said Company are hereby authorized and em-
powered to hold and use as a wharf or landing
for the use of said Ferry, the end of the wharf
commonly [known] as the "County Wharf," to-
gether with a right of way, in common with
others, through the centre of the said wharf, of
the width of ten feet, as a thoroughfare for travel
to and from the end of said wharf, upon the con-
dition that the aforesaid Company, within one
year from the date of the passage of this Act, shall
construct the said wharf so as to extend with its
present width at least fifty feet beyond its present
terminus, or to the Port Warden's line, and all
the costs and 'expenses of the said extension, to-
gether with the costs and expenses of keeping the
entire wharf in good condition and repair here-
after, shall be paid and satisfied by the said Com-
pany ; provided, that if the aforesaid Company
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Steam Ferry.
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shall fail to have the said wharf extended in the
manner aforesaid, within one year after the pas-
sage of this Act, then, in that case, the said Com-
pany shall not be entitled to use the end or any
part of said wharf as a landing for their ferry-
boats, nor to use the centre, as above described, for
a thoroughfare for travel ; and all the remainder
of the border sides and surface of the said wharf,
except the end and right of way granted upon the
conditions aforesaid, shall be, and the same is
hereby reserved exclusively for the landing of such
fruits, vegetables, and other agricultural products
as may be brought from the counties to the city of
Baltimore for sale or otherwise.
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Extend wharf.
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