FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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General Laws of Maryland ; provided, however, that when-

Proviso

ever land is to be condemned for any part of its route which

is now within the corporate limits of Baltimore City, the

application shall be made to a justice of the peace of Balti-

City, who shall issue his warrant to the sheriff of Baltimore

City, who shall return the inquisition to the Circuit Court

of Baltimore City, instead of to the corresponding officers

and Court of Baltimore County.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful

for the said Baltimore, Hampden and Lake Roland Railroad

Company (either before or after its completion) to con-

Not to con-
solidate

solidate with, lease or purchase, or to lease or sell

its property and franchises to any railroad company

heretofore, or hereafter incorporated under the laws of this

State, whose railroad shall connect with or form a contin-

uous line with the railroad of the said Baltimore, Hampden

and Lake Roland Railroad Company as above authorized to

be constructed ; provided, however, that the agreement for

such consolidation, lease, sale or purchase, shall be sub-

mitted to the stockholders of both of said corporations at a

special meeting, called for considering the same, and shall

be sanctioned by the holders by a majority of the outstand-

ing stock of each of said corporations, and if sanctioned at

such meeting, the said agreement shall be filed in the office

of the Secretary of State of Maryland ; and in the event of

a consolidation of the said Baltimore, Hampden and Lake

Roland Railroad Company under this power, the agree-

ment of consolidation shall state the capital stock of the

consolidated company, its corporate title, the number of its

directors, the method of exchanging the stock of the con-

solidated company for the stock of the constituent compa-

nies and a method of valuing the shares of stock of such

stockholders of either of said constituent companies who

refuse to make such exchange and to secure to such stock-

holders the fair value of their said stock, and shall prescribe

such other terms and conditions for the management of said

consolidated corporation as may be thought proper ; and the

said consolidated corporation is liereby authorized to mort-

gage its property and franchises to secure negotiable bonds

to an amount not exceeding its authorized capital stock, as

fixed by said agreement, or as afterwards increased in the

manner provided in article twenty-three, section one hun-

dred and sixty-five of the Public General Laws of Maryland.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said Baltimore,

Hampden aud Lake Roland Railroad Company, shall be

Park tax.

liable to the payment of the "Park Tax," and shall not

charge its passengers more than five cents for each contin-