EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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to acquire any property located in the City of Baltimore, any

Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland, in and for the

City of Baltimore, shall be authorized to issue the requisite war-

Authority to

rant, and the Sheriff of Baltimore City shall execute the war-

issue warrant.

rant so issued, and the return by the Sheriff shall be made to

the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, and said court

shall have jurisdiction to confirm or set aside inquisitions re-

turned to it, and all the provisions of law in reference to the

rights and powers of railroads incorporated under the General

Law, shall apply to the said Western Maryland Tidewater Rail-

road Company in the City of Baltimore to the same extent as

the same apply to the various counties of the State of Maryland.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said Western Maryland

Corporate

Tidewater Railroad Company be and the same is hereby au-

rights and

thorized and empowered to construct and operate the whole or

franchises.

any part of the lines it is entitled to construct under its charter

and amendments thereto, and under this Act in such order

as it may deem best, and to have and enjoy all the corporate

rights and franchises conferred by its original charter and the

amendments thereto including this Act as to the whole or

any part of said lines while the same is being constructed

and after the same shall be completed.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That nothing in this Act relating
to the construction of a bridge over the Middle Branch of

Property and
riparian

the Patapsco river shall be construed to deprive any person

rights.

whose property is taken therefor or whose riparian rights are

taken for the construction of said bridge of the right to fair

compensation for all injuries resulting to the same, from the

construction of said bridge. And provided further, that said

railroad company be required to acquire by purchase or con-

demnation the private property or riparian rights which it

will be necessary to take in the construction of said bridge

before undertaking to construct said bridge over such private

property or riparian rights.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved March 9, 1904.

CHAPTER 56.

AN ACT to enlarge the charter powers of the Western Mary-

land Railroad Company; to approve the present location

of its railroad from Big Pool, in Washington County, to its