WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 727

railroad company with any other railroad company
owning a railroad extending to said line, upon such
terms as may be agreed on not inconsistent with
the constitution or laws of this State.

Approved April 10, 1880.

	CHAPTER 460.
	AN ACT to add additonal sections, to be numbered
	two hundred and twenty-one, two hundred and
	twenty-two, two hundred and twenty-three, two
	hundred and twenty-four, two hundred and twen-
	ty-five, and two hundred and twenty-six, to the
	Code of Public General Laws, article twenty-
	six, entitled "Corporations," empowering railroad,
	steamboat, canal, coal and iron companies to em-
	ploy a police force.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
	of Maryland, That the following sections, to be num-
	bered two hundred, and twenty-one, two hundred
	and twenty-two, two hundred and twenty-three, two	Sections add
	hundred and twenty-four, two hundred and twenty-	ed.
	five, and two hundred and twenty-six, be and they
	are hereby added to article twenty-six of the Code
	of Public General Laws of the State, relating to
	corporations, to wit :
	221. Corporations owning or using any railroad,
	steamboat, canal, furnace, colliery or rolling mill in
	this State, may jointly or severally apply to the Gov-
	ernor to commission such persons as the said corpora-	Governor to
	tion or corporations may designate, to act as police-	commission.
	men for the protection of the property of said cor-
	poration or corporations, and for the preservation of
	peace and good order on their respective premises,
	railroad trains or steamboats.