540
Connection
may be made
with other
canal
Power to pur-
chase, hire
or build
steamships.
In force
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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
thority to cut or make any canal or canals in the
State of Delaware in order that a connection may
be made with such canal or canals, and the ob-
ject and purposes of this Act be more fully carried
out; and thereupon on such connection being made
that the said continuous canal and canals, and all and
singular its and their appendages and appurtenances,
may be used and employed by the said company so
far forth as the authority of this State may extend
to give any needful power therefor, as if such other
canal or canals lay wholly within the limits of tins
State, and such contract or contracts as aforesaid
were made with the full approbation of the General
Assembly of Maryland,
SEC. 13. And be it further enacted. That the said com-
pany shall have power and authority to purchase or
hire or build and construct steamships of such capacity
as may be desirable, for the purpose of towing vessels-
through the said ship canal, or for carrying freight or
passengers from any port to any other port through
the said ship canal, or for carrying and conveying pas-
sengers or freight that may be transhipped at either
of the terminus of said ship canal, upon such vessels,
or for' carrying and conveying passengers and
freight for transhipments through the said canal
upon other vessel or vessels; and the said company
shall have power to charge for freight, towage and
transportion on such vessels such sum or sums of
money as may be from time to time prescribed by the
directors of said company.
SEC. 14. And be it enacted. That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 1, 1872.
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