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ing powers and franchises, but the same shall be

closed; and after the payment of its debts and liabili-

ties, the remaining assets and property of said corpor-

ation shall be divided among the stockholders or their

assigns.
SEC. 14. And be it enacted, That any and all acts

Arts repealed.

or parts of act or acts inconsistent with the provisions

of this act be and are hereby repealed.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

When effected.

effect from the date of its passage; provided, that the

stockholders of said corporation shall, at a general

meeting called by the board of directors of said cor-

poration, giving at least two weeks' notice in two or

more daily newspapers published in the city of Balti-

Vote majority

more, assent to and adopt this act, by the vote of a

stock.

majority of the stock represented at such meeting in

person or by proxy, which assent and adoption shall

be certified by a majority of the directors under the

seal of the corporation, be transmitted to the clerk of

the court of appeals, and by him recorded among the

records of his office.

Approved April 8, 1884.

Chapter 254.

AN ACT to further enlarge the powers of the Wash-

ington and Atlantic Railroad Company.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That in order to enable the Washing-

ton and Atlantic Railroad Company (a corporation

duly incorporated under the laws of this state), to

carry out the purpose for which it was organized, that

said company is hereby authorized and empowered,

File amended
certificate.

within sixty days after the passage of this act, to file

with the secretary of the State of Maryland, an

amended certificate of incorporation, designating

Baltimore city, Maryland, as one of the termini of

said railroad, and a point on the state line of Mary-

land, at or near the confluence of the Monocacy and

Potomac rivers, as another terminus of said railroad