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WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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Chapter 379.
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AN ACT supplementary to an act passed at the
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January session, eighteen hundred and sixty-
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four, chapter one hundred and sixteen, entitled
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" An Act to revive and extend an act to incor-
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rate the Wicomico and Pocomoke Railroad
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Company " with amendments passed by the
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General Assembly, December session, eighteen
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hundred and forty-seven, authorizing the exten-
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sion of said railroad to any point or points in
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Worcester or Wicomico counties.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
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of Maryland, That the president and directors of
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the Wicomico and Pocomoke Railroad Company,
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or a majority of them, be and they are hereby
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authorized and empowered to construct and ope-
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rate any lateral branches from the said railroad,
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Operate late-
ral branches.
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or to extend the main stem of the same to any
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point or points in the counties of Worcester or
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Wicomico as may by them be deemed expedient,
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and may possess and hold any property, real or
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personal, necessary for the purposes aforesaid, and
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to acquire the same by agreement or by condem-
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nation of a jury as hereinafter prescribed.
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SEC. 2, And be it enacted, That the president and
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directors of the aforesaid railroad company, or a
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majority of them, shall have full power and au-
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thority to connect said railroad with any other
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Connect with
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railroad now existing or which may hereafter be
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other railroad.
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constructed within the counties of Worcester or
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Wicomico, or touching their borders, and to make
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such contracts and arrangements with other rail-
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road companies for the transportation of passen-
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gers and freight as may be agreed upon by the
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respective companies or their agents, and not in-
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consistent with the laws of the State of Maryland.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the president and
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directors of said company, or a majority of them
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or their agents, may agree with the owner or
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owners of any land, earth, timber, gravel or other
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Agree with
owner.
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materials, or any improvements for the construe-
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