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erty, franchises, rights, powers, privileges and immunities
or any thereof may be sold, assigned, or transferred, or
who shall acquire the same by mortgage foreclosure or
otherwise, is hereby authorized and empowered to own said
property and to hold, exercise and have such franchises,
rights, powers, privileges and immunities as fully as though
conferred herein directly upon such person, partnership,
association or corporation, subject, however, to all the limi-
tations thereof provided by the terms of this Act.

SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That none of the pro-
visions contained in Sections 153 and 160 inclusive of
Article 23 of the Code of Public General Laws of this State
shall be deemed to be applicable to said bridge or to said
Company, its successors and assigns with respect thereto.

SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the authority
hereby granted shall cease and be null and void unless the
construction of said bridge be commenced within two years
and completed within five years from the date of the ap-
proval hereof.

SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of
this Act are subject to all valid and applicable provisions
and laws of the United States concerning bridges over
navigable waters of the United States.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety
and being passed upon a yea and nay vote, supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same to take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 21, 1933.

CHAPTER 552.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
51 of Article 48A of the Annotated Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws of Maryland, Edition of 1924, entitled "In-
surance, " sub-title "General Provisions, " and to add a