WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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not be bound to take or pay for the land described

in the said inquisition, and may also give notice

to such owners of the grounds described in sec-

tion one of this act, with whom it may have made

amicable agreements of purchase, that the said

agreements are annulled.

SEC. 4. And be it farther enacted, That if the

Mayor of the City of Baltimore shall be of opin-

ion that the aggregate of the sums required to

Aggregate as

purchase the property described in the first section

not too great a
sum.

of this act and fit it for depot purposes is not too

great a sum to be paid for the accomplishment of

the objects described in the preamble of this act,

then he shall so certify to the Northern Central

Railway Company within twenty days from the

day on which the statement of the total cost

of the purchase of ground described in the first

eection of this act shall have been filed with the

File statement

mayor, and thereupon the said Mayor and City

Council of Baltimore shall, within fifty da} s there-

after, pay to the said Northern Central Railway

Company the amount required to pay for the pur-

chase of the said ground, and shall, at the same

time, give to the said Northern Central Railway

Company its negotiable promissory note for the

amount required to fit the eaid property for depot

purposes as ascertained in the manner herein-

before provided, payable four months after date,

without interest; and simultaneously with the

payment of the said money, and the giving of the

said promissory note, the said Northern Central

Railway Company shall, by a good and sufficient

deed, convey to the said Mayor and City Council

of Baltimore, in fee simple, clear of all incum-

brances, the ground now used by it as its Bolton

Depot, and which is comprised within the follow-

ing boundaries, that is to say : Bounded on the

north by the south side of Dolphin street; on the

east by the west side of Cathedral street; on the

Boundaries.

south by the north side of Preston street, and on

the west by the east side of Foster Alley; and the

said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore are

hereby authorized to sell the said ground so to be

Authorized to

conveyed to it, and apply the proceeds of said sale

sell.

to the payment of the sums herein before pro-