ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 865

the present water course of said Narrows, it shall be lawful for them, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to dig, cut and open a canal, channel or water course from any of the coves, creeks, or waters making up from or flowing into the Eastern bay, to any of the coves, creeks and waters making up from, or flowing into Chester river, through any of the lands or marsh border- ing on said Narrows, the ownership and title to the land necessary for the purposes of digging, cutting and opening said canal channel or water course, and for the proper and effectual working thereof, and to the land necessary for bridging same, and	Power to open canal.
for erecting wharves, granaries, and landings thereon, and for such roads as may be required to be had and acquired in the manner and according to the provisions of Section eleven of this Act, and in such case all the powers, rights, franchises, privi- leges and duties heretofore conferred and imposed on said Company in regard to the Narrows afore- said and the various works connected therewith shall be transferred to and apply with equal force to the use of said canal, channel or water course that may be opened under the provisions of this Section and the works connected therewith, includ- ing the duty of bridging same. Approved April 8, 1870.	Erect wharves
CHAPTER 465.
AN ACT to appropriate a sum of money to pay William Black for the purchase of a lot and the erection of a stable and carriage house thereon for the stable [State] of Maryland, in the city of Annapolis.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Comptroller is hereby re- quired to issue his warrant upon the Treasurer in favor of William Black, for thirteen thousand, nine hundred and thirty-seven dollars and fifty-nine cents, in full of all claims against the State of Maryland for the purchase of a lot and erection 55		Treasurer to pay.