ROBERT M. McLANE ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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poration or company, public or private, of which depot

it may also be the lessee.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the Maryland Cen-

tral Railroad Company aforesaid be and it is hereby

authorized and empowered to acquire, hold and dis-

Acquire lease
hold property.

pose of any real or leasehold property and estate in

the city of Baltimore, which the president and direc-

tors of said company, or a majority of them, shall deem

necessary for a depot or depots, engine houses or other

buildings or and also for any connecting track or

tracks, which they may desire to construct and lay

'down for the purpose of access to and use of such

depot or depots, engine houses or other buildings built

by said company, or which may or shall be erected for

said company under the provisions of this act in any

manner whatsoever; provided, however, that nothing

How construed

contained in this act shall be construed to give author-

ity to said Maryland Central Railroad Company to

construct any portion of its said track or tracks, depot

or depots, in that section of said city lying to the west

of the west bank of Jones falls, nor south or east of

Gay street.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That for the acquisition

of such property and connecting track or tracks with

the same, or use and occupation of the same, the said

Maryland Central Railroad Company shall possess

all the powers for condemnation as well as negotia-

tion provided and conferred by the act of General

Powers of com-

Assembly of Maryland, passed at the January session,

pany.

eighteen hundred and eighty-two, chapter four hun-

dred and seventy five, entitled "An act to amend the

acts passed at the January session, eighteen hundred

and sixty-seven, chapter one hundred and twenty-one,

incorporating the Maryland Central Railroad Com-

pany.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1884.