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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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WHEREAS, The State of Maryland did charter a
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company to construct a canal from some point on
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the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, within the District
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of Columbia, to a point on the Chesapeake Bay, near
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the City of Baltimore, which charter has expired by
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limitation ; and,
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WHEREAS, It is now more than ever necessary to
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secure to the City of Baltimore a portion of- the large
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and increasing trade of the Chesapeake and Ohio
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Canal, which can only be effected by the construction
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of a branch canal from the Chesapeake and Ohio
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Canal; and,
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WHEREAS, To secure this trade to the State of
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Maryland and the City of Baltimore, it is only neces-
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sary to construct twenty-eight (28) miles of canal,
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from the head of navigation on the eastern branch
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of the Potomac River to the head of navigation on
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the Patapsco River; therefore,
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It is the intention of this act to incorporate a com-
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pany to construct a canal from such point on the
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, within the District of
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Columbia, to such point on the Patapsco River near
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Baltimore city, as the Board of Directors may select,
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and to use such portion of the Potomac River near
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the eastern branch thereof, and such portion of the
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Patapsco River as the company shall deem best, and
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to confer upon the company hereby incorporated all
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and similar rights, powers, exemptions, privileges
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and franchises in the construction, maintainance and
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operation of this work as are now held and enjoyed
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by the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company under
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its charters and the several amendments thereto ;
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therefore —
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
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Maryland, That A. P. Gorman, E. Pratt, John T.
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Ford, George Wheeler, M. Bannon, Robert T. Bald-
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win, C. Coffin, W. H. Tuck, James G. Berret, S. J.
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Cooke, H. H. Dodge, Andrew Banks and such other
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persons as may become associated with them in the
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manner hereinafter provided, and they are hereby
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constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name
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of " the Maryland Canal Company," and as such
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shall have all the rights, powers, exemptions, privi-
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