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846 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 13
Endorsed, "Passed by yeas and nays with proposed amend-
ments:"
AMENDMENTS PROPOSED.
Strike out in Section 1 all after its enacting clause, and in-
sert the following:
Section 1. "That the Western Maryland Railroad Com-
pany be, and it is hereby, authorized and empowered to enter
into a contract or contracts with the Baltimore and Poto-
mac Railroad Company, the Northern Central Railway Com-
pany, and the Union Railroad Company of Baltimore, or
any of them, for the use of the tracks of baid Company, or
any of them, within the limits of the City of Baltimore and
the tide-water at Canton, and that any contract or contracts
heretofore made for that purpose, shall have the same effect
as though the same had been made after this Act of Assem-
bly had gone into effect."
"Section 2. And be it further enacted, that said Western
Maryland Railroad Company be, and it is hereby, authorized
to be the lessee of the line of railroad connecting the said
road of said Company with the village of Emmittsburg, in
Frederick county."
"Sections. And be it further enacted, That the Western
Maryland Railroad Company be, and it is hereby, authorized
and empowered to acquire, hold and dispose of any real or
leasehold property and estate, in the City of Baltimore,
which the President and Directors of said Company, or a
majority of them, shall deem necessary for depots, engine-
houses or other purposes appropriate to its business, whether
such property be adjacent to the railroad of said Company,
or separated from it, and capable of being used only by means
of the tracks of some of the other Railroad Companies roen-
tioned in the first Section of this Act."
"Section 4. And be it enacted, That for the acquisition of
such property, or the use and occupation of the same, the
said Western Maryland Railroad Company shall possess all
the powers for condemnation, as well as negotiation, provided
by the Act of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at
January Session, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, chapter
seventy-one, and entitled an Act to amend the Act incorporat-
ing the Western Maryland Railroad Company, and to give
additional powers to said Company."
"Section 5. And be it enacted That none of the provisions,
of this Act shall be of any effect or force whatever, unless
said Company shall first consent and agree that all of the
property of said Company shall be assessable and liable for
State, county and municipal taxation."
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