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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

ness all that can bo or is ordinarily done by ex-

press companies organized for such purpose; and

every such railroad company is hereby authorized

Operate tele-
graph lines.

to construct, maintain and operate telegraph lines

and to do a general telegraph business for the

public, charging reasonable rates therefor, subject

to all the rules and regulations prescribed by law

for the transaction of telegraph business by tele-

graph companies.

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

Effective.

effect from and after the day of its passage.

Approved April 3, 1882.

Chapter 233.

AN ACT to appropriate a sum of money to pay the

expenses of the Committee on Elections in the

following contested election cases, viz., Michael

Bannon and others against George W. Hammond

and others, J. Wirt Randall and others against

George W. Hammond and others, John W. Bra-

shears against William T. Revel 1, Richard B. B.

Chew vs. John B. Brook, Thomas B. Henderson

vs. John McDonald.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the Comptroller of the

Treasury be and he is hereby authorized and di-

Issue warrants

rected to issue his warrants upon the State treasurer

for the sum of four thousand dollars, or so much

thereof as may be necessary, to pay the expenses of

the committee on elections in the following cases :

Michael Bannon and others against George W.

Hammond and others, J. Wirt Randall and others

against George W. Hammond and others, John W.

Brashears against William T. Revel], Richard B. B.

Chew vs. John B. Brook, and Thomas B Hender-

son vs. John McDonald, said payments to be dis-

bursed by the comptroller upon the certificates of
the chairman of said election committee.

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

Effective.

take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 3, 1832.