1835.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 72.

eighteen hundred and thirty-two, that many of the

stockholders are minors, and the stock which original-

ly cost twenty dollars per share, is now worthless to

the holders, and notwithstanding the Directors have

been husbanding the funds, they cannot, without addi-

tional funds, give the bridge such repairs as it will

require, — Therefore:

Authority to sell

SECTION 1. Be it enacted ty the General Assembly of

Maryland, That the President and Directors of the

Choptank Bridge Company are hereby authorised and-

empowered to sell and dispose of the Choptank Bridge,

at Dover Ferry, with all the franchise and privileges

thereto belonging, after giving at least twenty days

County pre emp-rion

notice by advertisement in some newspaper of Talbot

and Caroline counties, and by advertisements set up in

the most public places of said counties, first offering

the same to Caroline county and Talbot county, jointly

or seperately, they refusing or neglecting to purchase,

then to make the sale to any person or persons, upon

such terms and conditions as the said President and

Directors deem most beneficial for the interest of the

stockholders.

Counties authorised to purchase

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That the Levy Court or

the Commissioners of the tax, as the case may be, for

Caroline county or Talbot county, shall have full pow-

er and authority, at their discretion, to contract with

the President and Directors of the Choptank Bridge

Company for the purchase of the Choptank Bridge,

at Dover Ferry, with all the immunities and privileges

And levy therefor

thereto belonging, and to levy and assess upon the as-

sessable property of the respective counties, such sum

or sums of money as shall he sufficient, clear of charges,

to make good the said purchase.

Conveyance au-thorissed

SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That upon a sale of the

Choptank Bridge, at Dover Ferry, by the President

and Directors, to Caroline county or Talbot county, or

to any person or persons, the said President and Di-

rectors of the Choptank Bridge Company shall have

full power and anthority to convey to the purchaser or

purchasers, all the right, title, interest, and all immu-

nities and franchises, of the said stockholders of the

Choptank Bridge Company, in and to the said bridge.