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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the laws for the present session of the General

Assembly, four hundred and fifty dollars.

PUBLIC DEBT.

For the payment of the interest on the public

Interest- on
public debt

debt of this State, including the cost of exchange,

remittance and commissions for so much thereof as

is payable in London, seven hundred thousand dol-

lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Authorized to

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the Treasurer of

disburse

the State shall, on the warrants of the Comptroller,

disburse said sums of money herein appropriated for

the objects and purposes specified, to or upon the

order of the person or body politic or corporate, sev-

erally entitled to receive the same.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

In force

effect from and after the date of its passage.

Approved April 11th, 1874.

CHAPTER 333.

AN ACT to authorize the sale of freight and baggage

by Railroad Companies, and common carriers, in

certain cases.

SECTION 1. And be it enacted by the General Assembly

Unclaimed
good

of Maryland, That whenever freight forwarded upon

any railroad to any point in this State, shall remain

unclaimed, and the legal charges thereon unpaid for

the space of three months after its arrival at the point

to which it shall have been directed, and the owner

or person to whom the same is consigned, cannot be

found upon diligent inquiry, or being found and no-
tified of the arrival of such freight shall neglect to

receive the same, and pay the legal charges thereon,

for the space of three months, then it shall be lawful

Authorized to

for such railroad company, to sell such freight at

sell

public auction, after giving ten days' notice of the

time and place of said sale, by posting up notices