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	visions shall have been accepted in the mode pre-
	scribed in the fourth section hereof.
	SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the pay-
	ment of the sum of twenty -nine thousand seven	Amount to be
	hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifty-six cents men-	paid.
	tioned in the second section of this act shall be
	made by said Northern Central railway company to
	the Treasurer of the State of Maryland, on or be-
	fore the first day of July, eighteen hundred and
	eighty, and the said treasurer shall receive said sum.
	from said company ; and the said sum of twenty-nine
	thousand, seven hundred and sixty-two dollars and
	fifty-six cents, when so paid, is hereby declared to be in full satisfaction and discharge of all claims aris-	In full satis- faction.
	ing under the laws of the State of Maryland for
	taxes against said company up to December thirty-
	first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, saving and
	excepting taxes for municipal and county purposes
	upon the property mentioned in the proviso to the
	first section of this act.
	SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the ac-	Acceptance
	ceptance of this act mentioned in the second section	to be evi- denced.
	thereof shall be made by the stockholders of said
	Northern Central railway company at a general
	meeting of the same, the acceptance to be evidenced
	by an instrument of writing under the corporate seal
	of said company, which shall be filed in the office of
	the Secretary of State of Maryland.
	SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That upon the
	compliance of said Northern Central railway com-
	pany with the provisions of the third and fourth sec-
	tions of this act, all claims against said Northern
	Central railway company for taxes assessed under
	any law of the State of Maryland and unpaid by
	it up to December thirty-first, eighteen hundred
	and seventy-nine, except municipal and county taxes
	upon the property mentioned in the proviso to the
	first section of this act, are hereby declared to be	Suits for
	discharged, and all suits or other proceedings here-	taxes to be dismissed.
	tofore instituted for the enforcement of the payment
	by said Northern Central railway company of taxes
	shall be dismissed and abandoned on the payment
	of costs by said company.