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	SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That if a consolidation
	shall be effected between the Baltimore and Han-
	over Railroad Company and said Bachman Valley
	Railroad Company and the Hanover Junction, Han-
	over and Gettysburg Ilailroad Company, and the con-	May consoli-
	solidated company shall desire to consolidate with	date with oth-
	one or more companies owning or about to construct	er companies
	a railroad to or in the direction of Harrisburg, such
	consolidation may be made in the manner and sub-
	ject to the restrictions hereinbefore stated.
	SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That this act shall
	take effect when the same shall have been accepted	How effec-
	by a majority of the shareholders of the Baltimore	tive.
	and Hanover Railroad Company at a meeting duly
	convened for the purpose, and the consolidation of
	the Baltimore and Hanover Ilailroad Company, and
	of said companies as hereinbefore provided, shall be-
	come operative under whatever corporate name or
	names which may be selected whenever and as'soon
	as said companies shall have from time to time
	agreed to consolidate their several companies into
	one, and shall have settled and agreed upon the terms
	of such consolidation in conformity with the pro-
	visions of this act, and shall have made a full record	Make full re-
	and report thereof, certified by the president of the	cord and re-
	first or of the subsequent consolidated company, as	port.
	the case may be, and shall have transmitted the same
	to the Secretary of State, to be recorded and pre
	served in his office, a copy of which record, duly
	authenticated under the seal of the State, shall be
	evidence thereof in all courts of justice in this State.
	Approved March 15, 1880.