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JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland,

Duty of asses-

That it is the duty of the several assessors and tax

sors.

collectors of the several counties and cities of this

State, and they are hereby directed to proceed at

once to assess and collect taxes for State, county and

municipal purposes, upon all such property as is

hereinbefore referred to, as well as all other prop-

erty, real, personal and mixed, of the said Baltimore

and Ohio Railroad Company within their several

jurisdictions.

And be it further resolved, That, if upon such assess-

Directed to
collect.

ments the said company shall refuse, upon demand,

to pay such taxes as may be payable upon such

assessments, it shall be the duty of the several law

officers of this State, and they are hereby directed,

to proceed to collect the same by due course of law.

No. 14.

WHEREAS, By an act of the General Assembly of

Preamble.

Maryland, passed at December session, eighteen

hundred and thirty, chapter one hundred and

fifty-eight, there were granted to the Baltimore

and Ohio Railroad Company, for the survey, lo-

cation, construction and use of the Washington

Branch Railroad, all the powers, rights and priv-

ileges, which they were by their charter, empow-

ered and authorized to have and exercise, in the

survey, location, construction and use of the rail-

road from the City of Baltimore to the Ohio River,

subject to the same conditions and restrictions,

except where otherwise provided by this act, (the

acts of eighteen hundred and thirty, chapter one

hundred and fifty-eight;) and