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said company shall have power to charge for freight,

towage and transportation on such vessels, such sum

or sums of money as may be from, time to time pre-

scribed by the directors of said company.

SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That the Mayor and

City Council of Baltimore be and they are hereby

authorized, on behalf of said corporation, to sub-

Authorized

scribe for so many shares of the capital stock of the

to subscribe.

Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Ship Canal Com-

pany as they may deem expedient and proper; and

their subscription to said stock shall constitute the

said corporation of the city of Baltimore a stock-

holder in the said canal company, upon the same

and equal terms as other stockholders.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That whenever the

government of the United States shall propose or

agree to take charge of or construct the said canal,

it shall be the duty of the corporation hereby created

and it is hereby required to convey and transfer to

Duty to con-

the said govern ment of the United States, without

vey.

charge or compensation, all the powers, rights, liber-

ties, privileges, franchises and immunities granted

or conferred by this act, and the consent of the

State of Maryland to such construction and transfer

is hereby expressly given; and in case of the con-

struction of said canal by the government of the

United States, or of the transfer of said canal as

aforesaid in this section provided for the jurisdiction

and control over said canal is hereby ceded to the

United States, reserving nevertheless to the State

of Maryland concurrent jurisdiction as far as may

Concurrent

be necessary to serving therein of process by any

Jurisdiction.

court or officers of the State, provided that the

transfer of the franchises, powers and privileges,

by this act conferred upon the corporation by this

act created, to the United States government shall

only be made and the jurisdiction of this State over

the said canal shall only be ceded to the United

States upon condition that the said canal shall be

maintained and kept open by the United States as a

free public highway; and that whenever after any

such transfer to the United States, any tolls shall be

charged for transit through the said canal, then and

in that event all the powers, privileges, rights and

franchises by this act granted and conferred shall