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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That upon
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the making and perfecting of the agreement and
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act of consolidation, as provided in the preceding
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section, and upon a copy of such agreement or article
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being filed with the Secretary of State, the several
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File copy of
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corporations, parties thereto, shall be deemed and
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agreement.
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taken to be one corporation, by the name provided
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in the said agreement or articles, possessing within
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this State ail the rights, privileges and franchises,
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and subject to all the restrictions, disabilities and
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duties of the said Baltimore and Hanover Railroad
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Company.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That upon the con-
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summation of the said act of consolidation, as pro-
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vided in the preceding sections, all and singular, the
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rights, privileges, franchises, debts, choses in action
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and stock subscriptions, and all property, real per-
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sonal and mixed, belonging to said Baltimore and
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Hanover Railroad Company, shall be taken and
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Property
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deemed to be vested in such new or consolidated
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vested in new
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corporation without further act or deed, and all
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corporation.
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rights of way and all and every other interest shall
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be as effectually the property of 'the new or consoli-
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dated company as they were of the said Baltimore
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and Hanover Railroad Company; provided, how-
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ever, that all the rights and remedies of any cred-
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Remedies of
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itors of said Baltimore and Hanover Railroad Com-
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creditors.
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pany, and all liens and rights of liens upon the prop-
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erty of said company, shall be preserved unimpaired,
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and all debts, liabilities, contracts and duties of the
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said company shall attach to and be enforceable
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against said new or consolidated corporation to
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the same extent as if such debts, liabilities, con-
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tracts and duties had been incurred or contracted
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by it.
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That suits may be
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brought against such consolidated company in any
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of the courts of this State, for all causes of action,
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in the same manner as against other corporations of
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Suits may be
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said State, and process may be served upon the pres-
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brought.
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ident, directors or other officer, or if there should
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be no such officer in the county or city where the
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suit shall be brought, then upon any of the con-
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ductors or managers of trains in its employment.
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