82

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

nect and consolidate with the Baltimore, Chesapeake

and Delaware Bay Railroad Company, a corporation

incorporated by the General Assembly of the State

of Delaware, at its January session, held in Dover,

eighteen hundred and seventy-three, with the view of

joining this road at the State line dividing the States.

of Maryland and Delaware, so that the capital stock

Common stock.

of the said companies respectively, shall constitute

common stock, and the respective companies shall

thereafter constitute one company, and be entitled

to all the rights, privileges and immunities which

each of them possess, have and enjoy, under and by

virtue of their respective charters.

Unite capital

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the Baltimore,

stock

Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Railroad Company,

aforesaid, shall have power to unite, connect, and

consolidate with any railroad company, or compa-

nies, either in or out of this State, so that the capital

stock of said companies so united, connected, and

consolidated, respectively, shall constitute a common

stock ; and the respective companies shall thereafter

constitute one company, and be entitled to all the

rights, privileges, and immunities which each of them

possess, have and enjoy, under and by virtue of their

respective charters.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the said Baltimore,

Power to lease.

Chesapeake, and Delaware Bay Railroad Company,.

shall have the power to lease and operate any rail-

road or railroads, either in or out of this State for

the purpose of carrying on their business.

Issue mortgage

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the said Baltimore,

bonds

Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Railroad Company,

shall have the power and authority to issue mortgage

bonds of the said company, with coupons attached

for such sum or sums, and in such amounts, as they

may deem advisable, sufficient for building, equip-

ing, and maintaining the said railroad, and its steam-

ships, steamboats, and barges, payable at such times,

and on such terras, as the directors may determine;

and the said company shall also have the power and

authority, by their proper officers, to mortgage the

said road with all their personal and real estates,

franchises, rights and privileges, for the security

and payment of the said mortgage bonds, and