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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to

use steam or other improved motor, as a motive

power on their railways, instead of horse-power, as

authorized by previous supplements to the act above

Proviso

mentioned; provided however, that no motor with

fires and boilers attached thereto, shall be used on

the said railways ; and further, provided that the

motive power hereby authorized shall not be used

within the limits of Baltimore city, except with the

consent of the Mayor and City Council thereof.

Construct or
lease

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the President, Man-
agers and Company of the Baltimore and Yorktown

Turnpike Road, be and they are hereby authorized

and empowered to construct or lease, or buy any

branch or connecting line or lines of railways, with

all the franchises and appurtenances thereto attached;

to maintain and operate such lines, and to issue and

dispose of stock to an amount sufficient to pay for

such lines; provided however, that the said President,

Managers and Company, shall not hold and operate,

in the aggregate, more than twenty miles of such

railway.

Repealed

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of

acts, which are inconsistent with the provisions of

this act, be and the same are repealed.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

In force

effect when the same shall be accepted by a majority

in value of the stockholders of the President, Man-

agers and Company of the Baltimore and Yorktown

Turnpike Road aforesaid, at any general meeting.

Approved April 11th, 1874.