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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

in after section three hundred and twenty-eight of
said article, be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Concurrent
jurisdiction.

That the Orphans' Courts of the State shall
have concurrent jurisdiction with the several Cir-
cuit Courts of this State, as courts of Equity, with
like powers to adopt rules and regulations, so as
to authorize and direct the sales of real estate of
intestates, where the appraised value of said real
estate shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five
hundred dollars, and to confirm and ratify said
sales in the same manner as such sales are con-
firmed and ratified by the several Circuit Courts
of the State as courts of Equity.

CHAPTER 82.

Passed Feb.
7, 1866.

AN ACT to amend the act to incorporate the Wes-
tern Avenue Company, passed January Session,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty, chapter
one hundred and twelve.

Lawful to
construct lat-
eral roads.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That it shall and may be lawful for
the said company to make and construct lateral roads
through the property of such persons or parties as
may consent and agree to such occupation of their
land, and to connect the same with the main branch
of said road.

Lawful to is
sue bonds.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall and may
be lawful for the said company to issue its bonds
or obligations in sums not less than one hundred
dollars each, and payable with interest at such
time or times as the President and Directors of
said company may appoint, and to sell and dispose
of the same, and to provide security for the payment
of the same by mortgage or otherwise; and also
that it shall and may be lawful for the said com-
pany to issue certificates of stock, and to apply the