THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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exchange due from the said companies to the first
day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-five,
and to settle with the said companies upon the
terms of said act of Assembly of last session, ex-

cept as to the said arrearages; provided, that in
case of any default in the payment of the said in-
terest on the renewed bonds in accordance with the
said act of Assembly of the last session, the said ar-
rearages shall be revived and again become due and
payable as fully and completely as if this act had
never been passed.

Proviso.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That hereafter
on all merchandize passing to or from Columbia
through the outlet Lock at Bell's Ferry and loaded
in or to be discharged at Port Deposit, the tolls
shall be one-twelfth less than the tolls charged on
articles of the same class, from Columbia to Havre

Tolls.

de Grace; and at all future elections for Managers,
six of the number shall be residents of and chosen
from Maryland, and the principal office of the said
companies shall be located in the city of Baltimore,
as heretofore.

Election of
managers.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said compa-
nies shall, on completion of the enlargement of the
canals with which they are in connection, make
their canal of a corresponding depth.

Depth.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That so much of the
provisions of the act of eighteen hundred and six-
ty-five, chapter one hundred and ninety-six, page
three hundred and seventy-three, as is inconsistent
with the provisions of this act be, and the same is
hereby repealed.

Repealed.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

In force.