WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 467
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rights, powers, privileges and property of the said
Potomac and Piedmont Coal and Railroad Com-
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pany, and shall be subject to all the debts, engage-
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ments, contracts, obligations and liabilities of the
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said last named company, it being the intent of this
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Intention of
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act to effect no other change in the said Potomac
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act.
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and Piedmont Coal and Railroad Company, except
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a change in the name thereof, and except in such
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other particulars as are in this act set forth.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That for the purpose
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of obtaining subscription to the said capital stock of
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said company authorized by the said act of January
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session, eighteen hundred and seventy, chapter two
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hundred and twenty-one, books shall be opened un-
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der the direction of the persons named as incorpor-
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ators of said company in the said original act, or of
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Open books.
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the survivors of them, or of a majority of such sur-
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vivors of them, in the manner and subject to the
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conditions and provisions, and with the powers,
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liberties and authorities mentioned and set forth in
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the second section of said original act of incorpor-
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ation of said company, and said second section of said
original act of incorporation shall, in all other respects,
except as hereby amended, stand and be held good in
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all respects, and as to all the matters and things there-
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in contained or mentioned.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That the president
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and directors of said canal and railroad coal com-
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Appoint if
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pany are hereby authorized to appoint a vice-presi-
dent of said company, if they shall deem it necess-
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necessary.
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ary to do so.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall
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Effective.
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take effect from the date of its passage.
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Approved April 10, 1880.
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