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726 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 9
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
Section 1. That the said chapter 284, of the Acts of
the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at its
January Session, 1872, entitled an Act to incorporate
the Baltimore, Hampden and Lake Roland Railroad
Company, be and the same is hereby revived, ratified
and confirmed, and that the organization effected
under said Act and the corporate business done in
pursuance thereof, including the work done in the
construction of said railway as above recited, and all
the corporate powers, rights, franchises and privileges
granted by said charter, (except as hereinafter
amended), be and the same are hereby ratified and
confirmed to have the same validity, force aqnd effect
in law as if the said Act had contained no limitation
of time for the beginning and completion of said rail-
way, and the said corporation had been duly organized
in conformity with its charter immediatelv after the
approval of said Act.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the time for the
completion of said railway be and the same is hereby
extended to the first day of January in the year 1894,
and that the said Baltimore, Hampden and Lake
Roland Railroad Company be and it is hereby au-
thorized to propel its cars in Baltimore county and in
the northern annex of Baltimore city, commonly
known as the "Belt," by electricity, and if what is
known as the "Trolley System," is used, to construct
and maintain the necessary poles and wires along
and over its tracks, and to and from its power
houses for what purpose ; provided, however, that
nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize
the said co>poration to extend its poles; wires or
tracks south of the old city boundary line, at Bound-
ary or North avenue, without the consent of the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore: provided, however,
that if any improved and practicable system of street-
car traction by electricity, not requiring poles and
overhead wires is devised, the right is reserved to the
Mayor and City Council to require the said company
to adopt said system, and remove said poles and over-
head wires, at any time after the expiration of eight
years from the passage of this Act, after giving the
company not less than two years notice of its inten-
tion to require said removal and substitution.
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