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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts, con-
tracts, deeds or ordinances of the Mayor, Coun-
sellor and Aldermen of said city, heretofore made,
done, executed or passed in reference to the closing,
discontinuance and paving of any street, lane or

Acts made
valid.

alley in said city, be and the same are hereby de-
clared and made operative and valid in the same
manner as if the said Mayor, Counsellor and
Aldermen had full power and authority to do the
same at the respective times when the same were
severally done.

In force.

Sec. 3. And lie it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 4, 1870,

CHAPTER 203.

AN ACT to incorporate the Elkton and Massey's
Railroad Company.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That Jacob Tome, John Peach,
William Lindsey, Hamilton Morton, William T.

Incorporation

Weldon, James B. Groome, Alexander Wilson,
Robert Griffith, Thomas Massey, David C. Black-
istone and Sewell Green, he and they are hereby
appointed Commissioners, under the direction of
whom subscriptions may be received to the capital
stock of the Elkton and Massey's Railroad Com-
pany hereby incorporated, and they, or a majority

Open books.

of them, may cause hooks to be opened at such
times and places as they may direct, for the pur-
pose of receiving subscriptions to the said capital
stock of said Company, after having given such
notice of the times and places of opening the
same, as they may deem proper, and if such sub-
scription to the capital stock of said Company, as
is necessary for its incorporation, be not previously
obtained, the said books may be opened from time

Time limited.

to time during the period of five years from the
passage of this Act, at the discretion of the said
Commissioners or a majority of them, and said
Commissioners or a majority of them may in their