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	redeemable, however, at the pleasure of the com-
	pany at any time after the expiration of five years
	from their respective dates, bearing an interest not
	to exceed six per centum per annnm, payable semi-	Rate of inter-
	annually on presentation of interest coupons to be	est
	issued with the bonds, and to secure the payment of
	the principal and interest of said bonds by a mort-
	gage conveying all the road of said company, all its
	buildings, rights, franchises and privileges, and its
	net revenues and tolls.
	SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That this act shall	Effective
	take effect from the date of its passage.
	Approved April 10, 1880.

	CHAPTER 305.
	AN ACT to repeal section two, chapter four hun-
	dred and four, of an act passed at the January
	session of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight,
	entitled "An act to prevent the increase of gates
	in Calvert county, and provide for their removal
	from the mail route in said county," and to re-en-
	act the same with amendments.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
	of Maryland, That section two, chapter four hun-
	dred and four, of an act passed at January ses- sion, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, entitled	Repealed and re-enacted
	"An act to prevent the increase of gates in Calvert
	county, and provide for their removal from the mail
	route in the said county," be and the same is hereby
	repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows :
	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That from and after
	the first day of November, in the year eighteen hun-	When unlaw-
	dred and eighty-one, it shall not be lawful for any	ful.
	person to erect or keep any gate on or across any