FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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WHEREAS, it is proper and desirable to have the said

controversy between the said States submitted to arbitra-

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tion and to accept as final and conclusive such, award as

may be made in the premises.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That with the concurrence of the State of West

Virginia the settlement and determination of the true line .

Arbitrators

of boundary between the States of Maryland and West Vir-

to fix
boundary

ginia be referred to arbitrators, one to be appointed by the

lines

State of Maryland, in the manner hereinafter provided, and

one to be appointed by the State of West Virginia in the

manner which may be determined by the Legislature of that

State, and a third to be selected by these so appointed, who

shall ascertain the true line of boundary between the said

States and make and deliver their award in writing, any two

of them concurring therein, each State shall have the right

to be represented by counsel before the arbitrators under such

regulations as they may prescribe, and the State of Maryland

hereby pledges its faith to accept and abide by the award of

the said arbitrators in the premises, as final and conclusive ;

provided, however, that the landholders on either side of

the line of boundary between the States aforesaid, as the

same may be ascertained and determined by the said award,

shall in no manner be disturbed thereby in their title to

and possession of their lands, as they may be at the date

of said award, but shall in any case, hold and possess the

same, as if their said title and possession had been derived

under the laws of the State in which, by the fixing of the

line by the terms of the said award, they may be ascer-

tained to be.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That if the concurrence of

the State of West Virginia can be obtained to the arbitra-

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tion hereby proposed, the Governor of the State be and he

to appoint.

is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint an arbi-

trator on the part of this State, who, with an arbitrator

appointed by the State of West Virginia, and a third arbi-

trator chosen by the two thus appointed by the State of Mar-

yland and West Virginia shall proceed to make the award

provided for by this act, and in case of a vacancy occur-

ring by the death, resignation or refusal to act of the per-

son so appointed by the Governor of this State, another

person shall be appointed by the Governor, who with the

others designated to act as above mentioned shall exercise

the powers and perform the duties defined and imposed in

the first section of this act.

SEC. 3. And be if enacted, That the Governor of this

Duty of

State be and he is hereby requested to forward a copy of this

Governor.