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said Commissioners the said sum of one thousand
dollars.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	In force.
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 11th, 1874.

CHAPTER 408.
AN ACT to repeal the act passed at January session,
eighteen hundred and seventy-two, chapter two
hundred and thirty-four, entitled " an act to tax
the gross receipts of railroad companies in this
State for State purposes," and to re-enact the
same with amendments, and to add the same to
article eighty-one, of the Code of Public General
Laws of this State.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the act passed at January session,	Repealed.
eighteen hundred and seventy-two, chapter two hun-
dred and thirty-four, " entitled an act to tax the gross
receipts of railroad companies in this State for State
purposes, " be and the same is hereby repealed, pro-	Proviso
vided that said repeal shall not affect or impair any
right vested or acquired, and existing at the time of
said repeal, under said act, nor shall it impair, dis-
charge or release any contract, obligation , duty, lia-
bility or penalty whatsoever now existing, but that
all suits and actions pending, and all prosecutions
for penalties under said act, including all civil and
criminal proceedings whatsoever shall be prosecuted
and proceeded with to final determination, and judg-
ment entered therein as if said act had not been re-
pealed.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all acts or	Repealed.
parts of acts heretofore passed, inconsistent with
the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby
repealed.