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Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act take In force.
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 30, 1868.

CHAPTER 310. AN ACT to appoint Commissioners to have a sur- vey made and estimate of cost of constructing a railroad from some point in Prince George's County to Point Lookout.
SECTION 1. Se it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Governor be and he is hereby authorized and required to appoint five Commissioners, three from St. Mary's County and one from Charles and one from Prince George's Counties, who shall be authorized to employ an Engineer to make a survey and to estimate the cost of constructing and equipping a railroad from some point in Prince George's County to Point Lookout, and the said Commissioners are further directed to report to the General Assembly as soon as practicable, the result of said survey and estimate, together with the reasons that exist for the construction of said road, and the advantages that will accrue to the State by the building of said road.	Make survey.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted. That the Commis- sioners appointed under this Act shall, before en- tering upon their duties, execute a joint bond, to be approved by the Governor, in the sum of twenty thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful per- formance of the duties and trusts prescribed in this Act.	Bond.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for making the said survey, and the Comptroller of the Treasury is hereby authorized and required to draw his war-	Appropria- tion.