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said addition to said building; provided, that no

place shall be adopted for said addition which will

involve the expenditure of a larger sum of money

than is hereby appropriated for that purpose.

Required to

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the Comptroller be

issue warrant.

and is hereby authorized and required to issue his

warrant on the Treasurer for such sum of money to

be paid to the said Levin Woolford, William R.

Hayward and Arthur P. German, as they in writing

may certify to be necessary for the erection of said

addition to said building, not to exceed twelve

thousand dollars.

In force

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

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11th, 1874.

CHAPTER 446.

AN ACT to provide for the passage of locomotives,

cars, passengers and freight over connecting rait

roads in the State of Maryland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Permit use of

Maryland, That all rail roads within the State of

track.

Maryland, which cross or connect with any other

road, or which may hereafter be so constructed or

built, shall be, and are hereby required, to permit

the road so crossing or connecting to use their track

or roadway for the passage of the locomotives, cars

and tonnage, at a rate of tolls for passage of trains

and tonnage not exceeding the rate per ton per mile,

Proviso

or proportionate part of a mile so used, as is charged

for through freight per ton per mile ; provided, how-

ever, that the right of any road to use the track of

any connecting road under this act, shall not be ex-

tended to a greater distance than five miles.

Refusal to

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That if the company of

comply

any rail road in this State fail or refuse to comply

with the provisions of this act, the party aggrieved