THOMAS SWANN, INQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 883

CHAPTER 455. AN ACT to confer upon the Lumber, Mining, Manufacturing and Improvement Company of Allegany County, the authority to erect and maintain a boom or booms, with piers and ne- cessary appurtenances, upon the Great Savage River, in Allegany County, from the National turnpike road to or near the junction of said river with the north branch of the Potomac river.
SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Lumber, Mining, Manu- facturing and Improvement Company of Allegany County, a corporation created under the provisions of the Maryland Code of Public General Laws, be and the same is hereby authorized and empowered to construct and erect, establish and maintain such boom or booms, and such pier or piers, and other necessary appurtenances to the same, in and upon the Great Savage river, in Allegany County, be- tween the point where the said river is crossed by the National Turnpike Road and the village of Bloomington, as may be necessary and convenient for floating, navigating, drifting and securing of all logs, boards, lumber and timber of every kind which may be placed in the said river, and also of erecting, constructing and maintaining such side or branch boom as may be convenient for such purpose, and with power and authority also to make any improvements in the bed of the said river between the points above mentioned, which may be reasonably convenient and necessary to render the same navigable to the best advantage for lumber and timber of every kind.	Authorized and empow- ered.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Com- pany shall be liable for any and all damages by reason of the erection of any boom or booms or any works appurtenant thereto, which said dam- ages shall be ascertained, if the parties be unable or incompetent to agree, by a jury of condemna- tion, as provided in the succeeding section of this Act ; and said jury shall be summoned at the in- stance of either the property owner or the said	Liable for damages.