552 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 390]

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said County Commis-
sioners shall have power at any time out of any surplus funds
belonging to the said county to purchase and retire any of the
bonds hereby authorized to be issued at their market value.
And the same to cancel and destroy, after entering upon their
books the date of such purchase and of such cancellation, and
the dates, amounts, numbers and other particulars of the said
bonds, respectively; provided, that no bonds shall be purchased
unless all coupons thereof, respectively, not then due shall
remain attached to such bonds at the time of purchase.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That no bonds shall be delivered
to the said railroad company by the said County Commission-
ers until first the said railroad of the said company shall be
built and completely constructed, equipped, put in running
order and open for regular passage and freight service from the
tide water at Drum Point on the Chesapeake Bay through Cal-
vert and Anne Arundel counties to a point in said Anne Arun-
del county at least as far north as Millersville on the Washing-
ton, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway; and, second,,
until regular through passenger and freight trains are running
at least six days in every week from the said Drum Point to
the City of Baltimore, over the railroad of the said Baltimore
and Virginia Railroad Company from the said Drum Point
to a point in said Anne Arundel county at least as far north as
Millersville, and from thence either over the railroad on the
said Baltimore and Virginia Railroad Company, if said railroad
shall have been constructed and put in running order, from
Millersville to the City of Baltimore, or if said railroad shall
not then have been constructed and put in running order from
Millersville to Baltimore City, over the railroad of some com-
pany with which the said Baltimore and Virginia Railroad
Company shall have effected such arrangement as will enable
it to run the said through trains into the City of Baltimore;
provided that before the said County Commissioners of said
county are authorized and directed to issue said bonds, the
question of whether said railroad is fully constructed and in
operation as above required, shall be submitted to a commission
composed of the County Commissioners of Anne Arundel Coun-
ty, and the counsel to the Board of County Commissioners, who
shall examine the road bed of said road, the rolling stock and
car service upon the same and if the said commissioners or a
majority of them shall report that in their judgment the said
railroad is fully built, equipped and operating as contemplated
by this act, then the said County Commissioners shall issue