1835.

LAWS OF MARYLAND,

CHAP. 338.

ered by action of debt in the name of said company, in

the county court of the county wherein the offence shall

be committed, and shall also be subject to indictment

in sucli court, and upon conviction shall bo punishable

by fine or imprisonment, or both in the discretion of

the court.

T'ime of commenc-ing and complet-

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That if the road first

me

mentioned in this act shall not be commenced within

five years, .and completed within ten years from the

time of such commencement, then this act to he null

and void.

Power to Virginia

SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That the assent of this

to connect with

State is hereby given to the construction, by the com-

monwealth of Virginia, or by any company which shall

be incorporated by the said State of Virginia, for the

purpose of constructing a rail way to connect with the

road hereby authorised to be made, from any point or

points on the Eastern Shore of that State, to some

convenient point on the said Eastern Shore Hail Road;

and the commonwealth aforesaid, or a company char-

tered by the said commonwealth for that purpose, shall

have and be entitled to the same rights, privileges and

immunities for the acquisition of the necessary land and

materials, and for the taking of tolls, and for the protec-

tion, control and management of their property to be ac-

quired under the provisions of this act, as have been

granted for like purposes to the aforesaid rail road

company hereby incorporated.

Acts repealed

SEC. 22. And be it enacted, That the act of Assem-

bly, passed at December session, eighteen hundred and

sixteen, entitled, an act to encourage internal improve-

ments, and all acts supplementary thereto, shall be and

the same are hereby repealed, abrogated and annulled.

In crossing rivers

SEC. 23. And be it enacted, That if in the construc-

to provide a draw

tion of either of the said rail road or roads, it shall be

found necessary to cross any one or more of the water

courses, in any one or more of the counties through

which the same may pass, it shall be the duty of the

president and directors of the said company to provide

a sufficient opening or draw in the deepest part of the

channel, so as to afford a convenient passage for ves-

sels going up or down the said water course, as the