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of the State by just and salutary restrictions upon the powers,
of the Company without impairing its usefulness as a great
avenue of trade and travel, or sacrificing any property inter-
ests of innocent persons, we are now constrained, by the
judgment of the Senate, to relinquish that mode of redress.

For the reasons already assigned, your Committee depre-
cate a resort to the procedure specified by the Act of 1868,
chapter 471.

There remains only, under present circumstances, for the
State the adoption of the common form of an action at
law or a bill in equity for an amount of moneys due under
the sanction of the General Assembly. And your Commit-
tee recommend in lieu of the proposed Joint Resolutions (of
the Senate a single Joint Resolution) which accompanies this
report, authorizing the Governor to employ additional coun-
sel to aid the Attorney General in instituting proper pro-
ceedings by suit at common law, or by bill in equity, to en-
force all the just demands of the State against the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company.

Respectfully submitted,

WM. M. MEREICK,

Chairman.
Pending the reading thereof,

Mr. Bowlus moved that the further consideration thereof
be postponed, and that the report be printed.

Decided in the negative.
The report was then read.

Also, reported back from a majority of said Committee, the
Senate Resolutions relative to the claim of the State against
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, with the follow-
ing Joint Resolution, proposed as a substitute therefor :

JOINT RESOLUTION

Be it Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the Governor is hereby authorized to employ additional
counsel to assist the Attorney General in instituting all pro-
per proceedings by suit at law or by bill in equity, to enforce
the just demands of the State of Maryland against the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company, and that the same should
be instituted without delay.

Which was read a first time.

On motion of Mr. Hardcaatle, of Talbot,

The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill enti-