1180 ARTICLE 89B.

ject, however, to all the limitations thereof provided by the terms of this
sub-title.

1031. ch. 539, sec. 52.

52. In addition to its power to acquire said bridge and appurtenant
property by condemnation upon payment of just compensation as now
provided by statutory and constitutional authority, the State of Maryland
shall have the right upon or after the expiration of twenty years from the
date of the opening of said bridge to traffic and upon not less than two
years' notice in writing from the chairman of the State Roads Commis-
sion to the company, its successors or assigns, to take over by purchase, at
cost, said bridge together with all other property, rights, and appurtenances
owned and held by said company, its successors or assigns then valuable and
serviceable in the maintenance and operation of said bridge. Such cost
shall be determined by agreement between the State Roads Commission and
the said company, its successors or assigns, and in case of failure to agree,
by a proceeding in equity to be instituted by the State of Maryland in
the Circuit Court of Baltimore County, with the right of either party to
appeal to the Court of Appeals of Maryland.

1931. ch. 539, sec. 53.

53. None of the provisions contained in Sections 153 to 160, inclusive,
of Article 23 of the Code of Public Laws of this State shall be deemed
to be applicable to said bridge or to said company, its successors and
assigns with respect thereto.

1931, ch. 539, sec. 54. 1935, ch. 109, sec. 54.

54. The authority hereby granted shall cease and be null and void
unless the construction of said bridge be commenced within two years and
completed within five years from June 1, 1935.

1931, ch. 539, sec. 55.

55. The provisions of this sub-title are subject to all valid and appli-
cable provisions of laws of the United States concerning bridges over
navigable waters of the United States.

BEAR CHEEK BRIDGE.

1931. ch. 539, sec. 56.

56. McClintic-Marshall Corporation, a body corporate, created and
existing under the general laws of the State of Delaware, its successors and
assigns, is hereby authorized, at its own expense, to construct, maintain,
operate, repair and rebuild a bridge for vehicular traffic with a driveway
of a width of at least twenty (20) feet and with a draw suitable for the
passage of vessels, together with appropriate fills, excavations, approaches
and appurtenant structures, across Bear Creek at or near Lovel Point (that
is, between Coffin Point and Long Point), Baltimore County, Maryland,