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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
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Chapter 233.
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AN ACT supplementary to the act of eighteen hun-
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dred and twenty-six, chapter one hundred and
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twenty-three, entitled " An act to incorporate the
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company," and to
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provide the mode of constructing the Philadelphia
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Branch Railroad of said company within the city
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of Baltimore.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
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of Maryland, That the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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Company be and it is hereby authorized, in building
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its Philadelphia Branch Railroad, which it is now con-
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structing from a connection with its main line in the
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city of Baltimore to a point on the border line
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between Maryland and Delaware, in Cecil county, to
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construct and operate the same as a double track rail-
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road through the city of Baltimore, on a route to be
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located by said company, as follows : Commencing
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from a connection with its main line at or near the
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point where it crosses Henrietta street, and thence
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alongside of or through Camden station in said city ;
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and thence curving easterly, so as to strike a line
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B. & O. R. R.
authorized to
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which shall be either the bed of Pratt street, or a line
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construct dou-
ble track thro'
Baltimore city.
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substantially parallel to it, between Pratt and Lom-
bard streets, and continuing thence easterly, by which-
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ever of these lines is chosen by said company, so as
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to strike a point on the west side of Centre Market
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Space, or on the line of said west side extended across
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Pratt street; thence from such point to a point in the
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bed of Eastern avenue, between Jones' Falls and
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Albermarle street, and from thence along Eastern
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avenue, or partly or wholly through property lying
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between Bank street and Canton avenue, or along
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Canton avenue to the eastern limits of the city; and
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thence along said Eastern or Canton avenues extended,
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beyond said city limits, by a surface, elevated road or
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tunnel, wholly or partly, or on such other route as said
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company may select, to the present location of said
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Philadelphia Branch Railroad outside of said city ;
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Proviso.
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provided, however, that the said company shall, by
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accepting this act, be held and taken to have waived
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all claim to any exemption from state, county or
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