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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

pany is now seeking to connect with the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal, at or near Powel's bend on the
Potomac river, in Washington county, in this
State; And whereas, it appears by the Act of eigh-
teen hundred and thirty-six, Chapter seventy-nine,
that said Franklin Railroad Company was author-
ized to connect with said Canal at or near Williams-
port in said county, the meaning whereof obviously
was, as near said town as practicable; And whereas
by the eighth Section of the Act of eighteen hun-

Preamble.

dred and fifty-three, Chapter one hundred and
thirty-five, and by the sixth Section of the Act of
eighteen hundred and fifty-six, Chapter seventy,
the Legislature of this State reserved the right to
alter, amend and repeal the provisions of said
Acts, and to withdraw and abrogate all the rights,
privileges and franchises vested in the said Frank-
lin Railroad Company by said Acts, or any other
Act or Acts of Assembly of this State; And where-
as, this General Assembly is satisfied, that an
alteration in said original Charter ought to be
made, therefore,

Repealed.

SECTION 1. He it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That so much of Section one of the
Act of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, Chapter
seventy-nine as authorizes the Franklin Railroad
Company to connect with the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal at or near Williamsport, be and the same
is hereby repealed.

May connect.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That it is hereby
made lawful for said Franklin Railroad Company
to connect with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at
Williamsport, and at no other place; provided
however, that nothing herein contained, shall pre-
vent said Railroad Company from crossing said
Canal, at any point between Hancock, in Wash-
ington county and Knoxville, in Frederick county,
in its passage to and cross the Potomac river, as
provided in the Act of eighteen hundred and fifty-
six, Chapter seventy.

In force.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from its passage.

Approved April 4, 1870.