JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 259
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CHAPTER 159.
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AN ACT to repeal chapter two hundred and twen-
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ty of the acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-
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six, entitled an act to establish a free bridge over
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the Patapsco river, at or near the present site of
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Light street bridge, and to provide for free travel
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from Anne Arundel county to Baltimore city,
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and to enact the following in lieu thereof, so as to
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read as follows :
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
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of Maryland, That the Mayor and City Council of
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Baltimore, and the County Commissioners of Anne
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Arundel county, be, and they are hereby authorized,
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empowered and directed to purchase the bridge over
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Directed
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the Patapsco river, known as " Light street bridge,"
together with the buildings, abutments and all other
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to purchase
bridge.
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appurtenances thereto belonging or appertaining,
and to keep and maintain the same as a free bridge
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at all times, if the owners thereof will, on or before
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the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sev-
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enty-nine, agree to sell the same unto the said Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore, and the County Com-
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missioners of Anne Arundel county, at a price and
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At a price.
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upon such terms and conditions as to them may ap-
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pear fair and reasonable.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That if the Mayor and
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City Council of Baltimore and the County Commis-
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sioners of Anne Arundel county, shall not be able,
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Shall not be
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by mutual agreement, to purchase said Light street
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able.
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bridge from its owners, as provided in the pre-
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ceding section of this act, then and in that case the
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said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and the
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County Commissioners of Anne Arundel county,
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are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to
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Directed to
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build a substantial bridge over said river, or the
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build.
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south-west branch thereof, from some suitable point
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on the Anne Arundel county shore of said river,
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within a reasonable distance from the southernmost
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terminus of said Light street bridge, eastwardly or
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Convenient
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westwardly to a convenient and practicable point in
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point.
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