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LAWS OP MARYLAND.
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CHAPTER 232.
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AN ACT to repeal and re-enact section seven, of the
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act of eight hundred and seventy, chapter eighty,
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entitled an act to amend the act of eighteen hun-
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dred and fifty-three, chapter one hundred and
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ninety-four, entitled an act to incorporate the
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Baltimore and Potomac Rail Road Company, and
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to repeal the second section of the act of eighteen
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hundred and sixty, chapter seventy-one, and to
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extend the time for the completion of the Balti-
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more and Potomac Rail Road.
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Amended and
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
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re- enacted
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Maryland, That section seven, of the act of eighteen
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hundred and seventy, chapter eighty, entitled an act
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to amend the act of eighteen hundred and fifty-three,
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chapter one hundred and ninety-four, entitled an act
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to incorporate the Baltimore and Potomac Rail Road
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Company, and to repeal the second section of the act
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of eighteen hundred and sixty, chapter seventy-one,
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and to extend the time for the completion of the
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Baltimore and Potomac Rail Road, be and the same
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is hereby amended and re-enacted so as to read as .
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follows :
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SEC. 7. Be it enacted, That so much of the fifteenth
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section of the said act, passed at January session,
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eighteen hundred and fifty-three, chanter one hun-
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dred and ninety-four, entitled an act to incorporate
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the Baltimore and Potomac Rail Road Company, as
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Charge for toll
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provides that the said company shall have power to
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charge for tolls upon the transportation of persons,
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goods, produce, merchandise or property of any
description transported by them on said railroad or
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railroads, any sum not exceeding eight cents per ton
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for both tolls and transportation for every mile the
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same may be transported; and for passengers, not
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Passenger fare.
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exceeding four cents per mile for each passenger,
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shall not apply to the transportation of persons,
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goods, produce, merchandise or property of any de-
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scription transported on said railroads between the
points on the line of the Northern Central Railway,
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as newly located, where the said Baltimore and Po-
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