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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

or deeds of trust of any part or all of its property and fran-

chises ; and said company shall possess all the powers and be

subject to all the restrictions conferred on or provided for

electric and water companies formed under and by virtue of

the General Incorporation Laws of the State of Maryland,

except in so far as said powers and restrictions may be incon-

sistent with the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That in case the said company

Power to ac-

cannot agree with the owner or owners or other persons

quire lands,
etc.

interested in any land, easements, springs, water or water

rights, which said corporation may have the power to acquire

for its corporate purposes, as aforesaid, or if such owner or

owners or other persons interested, as aforesaid, or any of them,

be femme covert, without power to contract with relation to

said property, or under age, or non compos mentus, or under

any other legal disability, or be absent from the county when

the same may be needed, the said company may proceed to

Condemn and

condemn and acquire the same in the manner provided for in

acquire.

Section 248 to Section 254, both inclusive, of Article 23 of the

Code of Public General Laws of the State of Maryland.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted. That the right is reserved to the

General Assemblv of Maryland to repeal, alter or amend this

Act.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted. That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1904.

CHAPTER 230.

AN ACT to incorporate the Pearson and Baltimore Railroad

Company.

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

Pearson and

hind, That Charles H. Pearson, of Pearson, St. Mary's County;

Baltimore
Railroad Com-

Charles L. Applegarth. Stanley A. Foutz, Harry B. Pearson,

pany.

William W. Sunclerland. William H. McGee and Thomas M.

Dell, all of the City of Baltimore, Maryland, and their suc-

cessors in office are hereby created a body corporate under the

name of the "Pearson and Baltimore Railroad Company," and

the saicl incorporators are hereby constituted and appointed

the directors of said company, and they shall have power at

any time after the passage of this Act to organize by the elec-

tion of a president and such other officers as may in their judg-

ment be to them necessary for the proper management of

the affairs of said company.