THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 621

And whereas, By the Act of the General Assem- bly of Maryland of eighteen hundred and sixty, Chapter three hundred and three, the mm of sixty thousand dollars was appropriated to the Colum- bia and Port Deposit Railroad Company, so as aforesaid, incorporated under the laws of Mary- land, to be paid to the said Company after it should appear, by the affidavit of the President of said Company, that bona fide subscriptions to the capital stock thereof, equal to the subscriptions on the part of the State by said Act authorized and directed, had been actually made ;	Appropria- tion.
And whereas. It doth appear, by the affidavit of the President of said Company, that bona fide sub- scriptions have been actually made to the capital stock of said Company to a sum largely exceeding the sum of sixty thousand dollars, and that the subscription so made and actually paid in by the subscribers thereto amount to a greater sum than sixty thousand dollars ;	Capital stock.
And whereas, It appears that the said Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad Company, as merged and consolidated, are about to issue bonds which are secured by first mortgage upon the whole of the property and franchises of said Company, both in Maryland and Pennsylvania, which said bonds bear interest at the rate of seven per cent, per an- num clear of State and county taxes ; now, there- fore,	Issue bonds.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Comptroller be and he is hereby authorized and required to issue his war- rant on the Treasurer for the payment to the Co- lumbia and Port Deposit Railroad Company of the sum of sixty thousand dollars, and that upon the receipt of said warrant the Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and required to pay to the Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad Company the said sum of sixty thousand dollars, upon the de- livery to the said Treasurer, by the Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad Company, its said bonds secured by first mortgage as aforesaid for the said sum of sixty thousand dollars. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That so much of the fourth Section of the said Act of eighteen hundred	Issue warrant.