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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 340.

he and they are hereby appointed and constituted com-

missioners in lieu of those named in the first section

of the act to which this is a supplement.

Parts of act repeal. ed

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all such parts of the

act to which this is a supplement as provide for or re-

quire of the said company the construction of any

work within the- limits of, or which require in any

manner the assent of the State of Pennsylvania, shall be

and they are hereby repealed.

Name

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the company incor-

porated by the act to which this is a supplement, shall

be known and designated by the name and style of the

Tide Water Canal Company, and shall be authorized

Portion of work

to construct in the first place, the portion of their con-

templated work between the northern boundary line of

the State, and tide water at or near the town of Ha-

Limit of time

vre de Grace, and that unless so much shall have been

executed within five years, from and after the passage

of this act, this act and the act to which it is a supple-

ment, shall be utterly void; and if the said company

shall not within seven years after the passage of this

act, complete the entire work from the Pennsylvania

line to the city of Baltimore, having completed the

portion of said canal from the said boundary to tide

Right reserved to

water, the right is hereby expressly reserved to the

State for comple-ting

State, and to any other company which may be for

that purpose incorporated to continue the said canal

and use the surplus water thereof, to feed such conti-

nuation to the city of Baltimore.

Section repealed

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the ninth section of

the act to which this is a supplement, shall be and the

same is hereby repealed.

Susquehanna Ca-

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That before this act, or

nsl Company to assent

the act to which this is a supplement, shall take effect,

the assent of the Susquehanna canal company, hereto-

fore incorporated by the act, entitled, an act for mak-

ing the river Susquehanna navigable from the line of

the State to tide water, shall in general meeting of its

stockholders, to he called for that purpose, declare

under its corporate seal its assent to the provisions of

this act.