470 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	CHAPTER 266. A SUPPLEMENT to the Act passed at the Janu- ary Session of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, Chapter one hundred and sixteen, entitled " An Act to revive and extend an Act to incorporate the Wicomico and Pocomoke Railroad Company, with amendment passed at December Session, eighteen hundred and forty-seven.
Lateral branches.	SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the President and Directors of the Wicomico and Pocomoke Railroad Company, or a majority of them, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to construct any lateral branches from the said Railroad, or to extend the main stem of the same to any point or points in the counties of Worcester and Wicomico deemed by them expedient, and may possess and hold any property, real or personal, necessary for the pur- poses aforesaid, and acquire the same by agree- ment or by the condemnation of a jury, in the same manner, and upon the same terms and con- ditions as is prescribed by the original Act to which this Act is supplementary.
Power to connect.	Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That, the President and Directors of the aforesaid Railroad Company, or a majority of them, shall have full power and authority to connect said railroad with any other railroad now existing or which may hereafter be constructed within the counties of Worcester or Wicomico, or touching their borders, and to make such contracts and arrangements with other Rail- road Companies for the through transportation of passengers and freight, as may be agreed upon by the respective Companies, or their agents, and not inconsistent with the privileges, of the Wicomico and Pocomoke Railroad Company, or the laws of the State of Maryland.
Kates.	Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the President and Directors of the aforesaid Railroad Company, or a majority of them, may charge and collect for the transportation of all goods, produce, merchan- dise or property of any description whatever, not exceeding six cents a ton per mile.