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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

authorized and empowered to exercise its rights, powers and

Rights and
powers of the

franchises for repairing, rebuilding, constructing, enlarging

company.

and otherwise improving its bridge, bridge piers and approaches

thereto, extending over and across the Susquehanna river

at or near Conowingo, in Cecil or Harford Counties, in

the State of Maryland; and whenever it is deemed expedient

by said company so to do, it is hereby further authorized and

empowered to receive, accept and acquire, by purchase or

otherwise, all the lands and property deemed necessary, requi-

site and useful to own, hold and use for the purposes of the

said company, in the building, repairing, construction, main-

tenance, operation, use and protection of its bridge and prop-

erty, and is further hereby empowered to design, change, re-

locate, repair, rebuild, construct, enlarge and otherwise im-

prove, maintain, own, use, control and operate such new and

improved bridge, bridge spans, piers, bridges and structures,

with appurtenant roadways, approaches, with railway tracks

thereon, and when such bridge with its structures and prop-

erty, has been so repaired, reconstructed, rebuilt, enlarged

and otherwise improved it shall be lawful for said company

to grant and permit the use thereof for the passage and trans-

portation of passenger and freight traffic on and over the

Bridges built
to accommo-

said bridge and structures, it shall be lawful to use and em-

date vehicles
and cars.

ploy any kind of modern or improved vehicles, wagons, carts,

carriages, coaches and cars, whether drawn, driven or pro-

pelled by horses, mules, oxen or other beasts of draught or

burden, and also such as may be drawn, driven, propelled or

operated by engines, motors or by any other modern and

lawful methods and appliances, using such motive power as

may be deemed by said company to be safe, economical, use-

ful and advantageous for said purposes.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for said

Will issue

company to make and issue its negotiable bonds, of the de-

negotiable
bonds.

nomination and to such number as may be determined, author-

ized and agreed upon at a stockholders' meeting, by the votes

of the stockholders owning at least two-thirds of the shares

of stock then outstanding, and to secure the same by mort-

gage or mortgages upon its franchises, bridge and structures

together with its property real, personal and mixed whether

possessed at the time of making of said mortgage or mort-

gages, or thereafter acquired, said bonds and mortgage or

mortgages to be made and executed in form as the directors

of the said company shall prescribe; and said bonds to be

payable at such time or times, bear such rate of interest not

exceeding six: per centum per annum, and containing such