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ment thereof, and also with power to convert the bonds so

issued, into capital stock of said company, upon such terms

as may be agreed upon between the holder or holders or

of said bonds, and said president and directors.

SEC. 21. That the president and directors of said com-

Connect

pany shall have full power and authority to connect the

with other

railroad which may be constructed under the provisions of

roads.

this act, with any other railroad now existing, or which

may hereafter be constructed and also to make such con-

tracts and arrangements with the president and directors of

such railroads for the through transportation of passengers

and merchandise, and all property of what kind soever, in

the cars or carriages of either company, as may appear to

said president and directors convenient and advantageous.

SEC. 22. This amendment shall not in anywise impair or

Not to

render inoperative any part of said original charter, or any

impair
rights

act done by said company thereunder, nor in anywise inter-

acquired.

fere with any rights or claims created or grown up under

and by virtue of said original charter.

Effective.

SEC. 23. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 2nd, 1892.

CHAPTER 302.

AN ACT to repeal sections 156 and 169 of article 14 of the

Code of Public Local Laws, title " Worcester County,"

sub-title "Ocean City," and to re-enact the same with

amendments.

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

State of Maryland, That section s 156 and 169 of article 24 of

Amend-
ment.

the Code of Public Local Laws, title " Worcester County,"

sub-title " Ocean City," be and the same are hereby repealed

and re-enacted so as to read as follows :

SEC. 156. Se it enacted, That the legal voters of Ocean

Commis-

City who have resided within its corporate limits, six months

sioners to
be elected

preceding an election and all male persons, who own any

interest in real estate in said town, of the age of twenty-one

years, and upwards shall elect by ballot on the first Monday

in May 1892 an in every second year thereafter, three per-

sons, who are owners of real estate in said town, or interested

therein, to be commissioners of said town, to serve for two

years from the date of their election, and until their succes-

sors are elected and qualified, and the services rendered by

said commissioners shall be gratuitous and without pay.