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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That the Governor be and [and] he

Requested to
open corres-

is hereby requested to open correspondence with the
Governor of West Virginia with a view to the estab-

pondence.

lishment and ratification of the line between the

States of West Virginia and Maryland as run,

marked and located by the commissioners appointed

under the act of eighteen hundred and fifty-two,

chapter two hundred and seventy-five, and in case

Shall pass an

the Legislature of West Virginia shall pass an act

act.

providing for the appointment of a commissioner or

commissioners to act in conjunction with a commis-

sioner or commissioners on the part of the State of

Maryland in the premises, then and in such case the

Governor be and he is hereby authorized and re-

quired to appoint a commissioner or commissioners,

who, together with the commissioner or commis-

sioners who may be appointed on the part of West

Review said

Virginia, who shall review said line beginning at

line.

Fairfax stone and running due north to the Penn-

sylvania line, as surveyed, traced and marked by

Lieutenant Michler.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall

be the duty of the commissioner or commissioners

appointed by this act, after passing over said line, to

Make a re-

make a report setting forth their reasons for the rati-

port.

fication, settlement and final acceptance' of the line

between said States ; and it shall be the duty of the

commissioner or commissioners of each respective

State to forward copies of their joint report to each

Upon ratifica-

of their respective Legislatures, and upon the ratifi-

tion.

cation of such report by the State of West Virginia

and the State of Maryland, through their respective

Legislatures, and the Congress of the United States,

the said boundary line shall be fixed and established

so as to remain forever.

Sum appro-

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum

priated.

of five hundred dollars be and the same is hereby

appropriated out of any money in the treasury not

otherwise appropriated for the purpose of defraying

the expenses of the commissioner or commissioners

hereafter appointed to carry into effect the provi-

sions of this act.

In force.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

effect from and after the date of its passage.

Approved March 29, 1878.