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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

this State, submitted to the legal and qualified voters thereof for

their adoption or rejection, in pursuance of the directions con-

tained in article fourteen, of the constitution of this State; and

at the said general election the vote on said proposed amendment

Submitted

to the constitution shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot there

shall be written or printed the words: "For the constitutional

amendment." or " Against the constitutional amendment," as the

the voter shall elect, and immediately after said election due re-

turn shall be made to the governor of the vote for and against

said proposed amendment, as directed by the said fourteenth

article of the constitution.

Approved April 3, 1890.

CHAPTER 363.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the Deer creek and Susque-

hanna railroad company authorizing consolidation.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That the Deer creek and Susquehanna railroad company, a cor-

poration of the State of Maryland, be and it is hereby authorized

and empowered to consolidate with any corporation chartered

under the laws of this State, which corporation is authorized to

May con-
solidate

form such consolidation, and the said companies shall determine

and agree upon the terms and conditions of such consolidation ;

the title of the consolidated company and the number of directors

thereof, and said agreement shall be approved by a majority in

interest of the stockholders of both companies, which agreement

shall be reduced to writing, and shall be executed and acknowl-

edged as deeds are required to be executed and acknowledged in

this State, and the same shall forthwith be filed in the office of

the secretary of State, and from and after the date of such filing

the said companies shall be and become one company, upon the

terms and conditions and under the name set forth in said agree-

ment; the said consolidated company shall have and exercise all

the franchises, rights, powers and privileges possessed by both

companies.

Effective

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from

the date of its passage.

Approved April 3, 1890.