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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

with full power and authority to contract for the
building of a bridge over the Potomac river, pro-
vided the navigation of said stream be not inter-
fered with or obstructed at such point near the
mouth of New Creek, as they or a majority of
them may deem most suitable and convenient, on
such plan as they or a majority of them shall
adopt as most practicable, and are likewise author-
ized to receive and collect contributions and sub-
scriptions sufficient to enable them to pay for such
bridge.

Acquire land.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That said Commis-
sioners or a majority of them, are hereby empow-
ered to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, such
lands as may be necessary to construct the abut-
ments for said bridge, as well as to secure the right
of way for roads leading from the county roads so
as to enable all species of travel to reach said
bridge.

Examine
bridge.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That after the com-
pletion of said bridge, the County Commissioners
of Allegany shall appoint a committee of three
persons (one of whom shall be an engineer) to ex-
amine said bridge, and if said committee shall
report that in their judgment said bridge is built
in a substantial manner, then the Commissioners
of Allegany County may, in all future time, keep
said bridge, together with the abutments and ap-
proaches in said county in good repair as other
bridges and roads are kept in repair, and that said
bridge shall forever be free for all species of travel.

In force.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from and after the date of its passage.

Approved March 30, 1868.