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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

of Catonsville, and have incorporated under the

corporate name of The Catonsville Short-line Rail-

road Company; and whereas said contemplated

railroad will pass through the grounds of the said

Preamble.

Hospital for the Insane, and is already an assured

fact and of the greatest, importance and most urgent

necessity for the use, convenience and economical

management of said hospital, therefore —

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the Board of Managers of

the Maryland Hospital for the Insane be and they

are hereby authorized and required to grant and

convey unto said Catonsville Short-line Railroad

Company, without compensation, such part or por-

tion of the ground or land belonging to said hospital,

or the managers thereof, as is situate on the line of

Authorized to
grant and con-

said railroad, and not exceeding the uniform width

vey.

of sixty-six feet; and also to grant ground sufficient

for a station and depot on said ground when re-

quired; provided the said railroad shall eventually

be completed to said town of Catonsville, though

said eventual completion shall not be a condition

precedent to the granting of said ground; and pro-

vided said Catonsville Short-line Railroad Com-

pany shall erect on or near the grounds of said

hospital, and on the line of said road, a station or

depot at such point as shall be fixed on by said

Board of Managers.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall

Effective.

take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 30, 1882.