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	prosecutions for the violation of the existing law now
	pending in this State.
	SEC. 45. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	Effective.
	effect from the date of its passage.
	Approved April 10, 1880.

	CHAPTER 199.
	AN ACT authorizing the Board of Public "Works
	to sell the interest of the State in the Annapolis
	and Elk Ridge Railroad Company.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
	of Maryland, That the Board of Public "Works of	Authorized
	Maryland be and it is hereby authorized and em-	to sell and as- sign
	powered to, at any time after the passage of this
	act, enter into a contract or agreement, which shall
	be binding upon said board and said State, with
	the Baltimore and Drum Point Railroad Company,
	to sell and assign to said company all the stock and
	interest of the State in, and all claims and demands
	of the State against the Annapolis and Elk Ridge
	Railroad Company, upon such terms as said Board
	of Public Works may deem advantageous to the
	State ; provided that said contract for such sale shall	Contract to
	be conditioned and take effect upon the said Balti-	be condition-
	more and Drum Point Railroad being completed	ed.
	and in operation between Drum Point and the An-
	napolis and Elk Ridge Railroad, and also condi-
	tioned that said Baltimore and Drum Point Rail-
	road shall not reassign said interest either to the
	Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company or to
	the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
	effect immediately from and after its passage, and	Effective.
	that all acts and parts of acts repugnant to this act
	shall be repealed and of no effect.
	Approved April 10, 1880.