EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That after the completion oi

said railroad, the real and personal property of said company

For a period of
years subject

and its stock, rights, privileges, revenues and tolls and income

. to State taxa-
tion only.

shall be subject to State taxation only, for a period of ten

years, after which time it shall be subject to taxation for

State, county and municipal purposes.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That said railroad company shall

not extend its line or construct its road upon any public road

Consent of
county neces-

or highway in Frederick or Washington County, without the

sary.

consent or approval of the Board of County Commissioners

of the county in which said public road or highway is located,

nor shall it extend or construct its road upon the bed of any

street or highway in any incorporated town of this State with-

out the consent or approval of the corporate authorities of

said town or towns being first had and obtained.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That the construction of the

Time for be-
ginning con-

main line of said railroad shall be commenced within two

struction.

years after the passage of this Act.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 12, 1904.

CHAPTER 669.

AN ACT to add two additional sections to Article 6 of the Code

of Public Local Laws, title "Caroline County," new sub-

title "Clerk to County Commissioners," to come in after

Section 50 and to be designated as Sections 5oA and 506.

WHEREAS, In the report of E. E. Goslin, John F. Dawson
and William Stevens, auditors of Caroline County for the

Asking for sep-
aration of

year 1897, they, the said auditors for Caroline County, ex-

joint county
office.

pressed themselves as follows : "The experience of the auditors

in endeavoring to place before the people a clear-cut and reason-

ably intelligent statement of the finances of the county during the

past four years has led them to the irresistible conclusion that

the offices of the Treasurer of the county and clerk to the

Board of County Commissioners should be forever divorced,

and we earnestly recommend that this change be made by

the General Assembly, if it can be done without any ap-

preciable increase of costs to the county; we are firm in the

conclusion that the interests and convenience of the people

will be better served by such a change, and the audit greatly

facilitated;" therefore,