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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

ville Railroad Company, and the lines of road operated,

controlled or leased by the said Richmond and Dan-

ville Railroad Company, to the extent of said two

millions of dollars; provided said loan or purchase

shall be made for the sole purpose and on the express

condition of securing and maintaining a more perfect

connection by railroad from Baltimore city to and

with the various points in the Southern States, now

reached, or that may hereafter be reached by the said

Richmond and Danville Railroad, or by the lines of

railroad owned and operated, leased or controlled by

said Richmond and Danville Railroad; provided,

further, that no such loan shall be made until an ordi-

nance of the mayor and city council of Baltimore,

Question to be

: authorizing and directing the same, and the terms,

submitted.

conditions and mode and manner of loaning the same

shall have been submitted to the legal and qualified

voters of the city of Baltimore, at such time and place

as may be fixed by said ordinance, to be approved by

a majority of the votes cast at such election, at such

time and place; provided, that before said ordinance

shall be passed by the said mayor and city council of

Approval and

Baltimore, it shall receive the approval and endorse-

endorsement.

ment of the board of trade of the city of Baltimore,

of the corn and flour exchange of said city, and of the

merchants and manufactures association of said city,

expressed by a majority vote of the members of said

associations respectively, and duly certified to said

mayor and city council.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1884.