EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That the purchaser of the property and franchises of the

Pertaining to

Queen Anne's Railroad Company, heretofore incorporated by

purchasers of
railroad

the laws of this State and of the State of Delaware, at any ju-

property.

dicial sale or sale under decree of any court of this State or of

the State of Delaware or of the United States, whether such

person be a corporate body or a person or persons who shall be

or become incorporated by virtue of the provisions of the laws

of this State or of the State of Delaware, shall have and enjoy

the same franchises, privileges and exemptions from taxation

which are now held and enjoyed by the said Queen Anne's

Railroad Company under the several Acts of Assembly of this

State having relation thereto, subject, however, to the conditions.

limitations and restrictions now attached by law to said privi-

leges and exemptions, and particularly subject to the condition

with reference to the purchase of the property of said railroad

company by any of the railroad companies now operating rail-

ways upon the Eastern Shore of Maryland, or the combina-

Queen

tion or consolidation of the property of the said Queen Anne's

Anne's Rail-
road Com-

Railroad Company with the property of said other railroad

pany.

companies referred to.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 12, 1904.

CHAPTER 614.

AN ACT making appropriations for the support of the State

Government for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of

September, 1905.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That for the expenditures in the support of the State

Appropriations

Government for the fiscal year, beginning with the first day of

for the sup-
port of the

October, 1904, and ending with the thirtieth day of Septem-

State Govern-
ment.

ber, 1905, the following sums of money, or so much thereof as

may be necessary, be and the same are hereby appropriated,

that is to say :

FOR STATE OFFICERS.

For the salary of the Governor, four thousand five hundred

dollars ; for the salary of the Secretary of State, two thousand

State officers
and their

dollars ; for the salary of the Chief Clerk -to the Governor,

salaries.

eighteen hundred dollars; for the salary of one clerk to the