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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 236.

AN ACT to regulate the taking of toll at any pub-

lic ferry in Dorchester county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That from and after the passage

of this act it shall not be lawful - for the keeper of

Not to charge

any public ferry, and the ferry at Harrison, in Dor-

toll.

chester county, to charge any citizen of said county,

or any citizen of any other county in this State, or

of the city of Baltimore, who is now assessed with

real estate in Dorchester county, with toll or passage

money for crossing said ferries.

Inconsistent
acts repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts
of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act be
and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10, 1880.

CHAPTER 237.

AN ACT incorporating the Town Hall Company

of Chestertown, and authorizing the County Com-

missioners of Kent county to grant said company

the use and occupation of a portion of the public

land in said town.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That Thomas W. Eliason, junior,

Colin F. Stam, Wm. B. Usilton, James "W. Chap-

man and Charles F. Westcott, their associates, suc-

Created a
body politic.

cessors and assigns, be and they are hereby created
a corporation and body politic, by the name and style
of the Town Hall Company of Chestertown_s and by