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form as deeds of other corporate bodies are executed
and acknowledged.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take :	[n force.
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved March 29, 1878
CHAPTER 182.
AN ACT to authorize the appointment of commis-
sioners to adjust and settle the boundary line be-
tween West Virginia and Maryland.
Whereas, by the act of eighteen hundred and fifty-
two, chapter two hundred and seventy-five, the Gov-
ernor of Maryland was empowered to correspond with the Governor of Virginia with a view to locate,
run and mark the line between said States, begin-
ning at Fairfax stone and running due north to the
Pennsylvania line, for reasons set forth in the pre-
amble to said act of eighteen hundred and fifty-two.
And whereas commissioners were appointed by the Governors of Virginia and Maryland for said pur-
pose. And whereas said commissioners did meet at
the place of beginning, namely, Fairfax stone, in
September eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, and
with Lieutenant Michler, of the United States corps	Preamble.
of engineers, proceeded to locate, run and mark said
line between the place of beginning, Fairfax stone,
and the Pennsylvania line, and make report to their
respective States in eighteen hundred and sixty, and
also delivered to their respective States field books,
plats and tophographical charts of the same for the purpose of ratifying and establishing the line between, said States. And whereas the war between the
States prevented any further action under said com-
mission, and as a further result caused the organiza-
tion of the State of West Virginia. And whereas
there are now strong reasons for the ratification and
permanent settlement of said line between Maryland and West Virginia; therefore,
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