1826.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 77.

Robins, the infant son of James B. Robins, late of Worcester
county, deceased, be and the same is hereby altered and chang-
ed to the name of James Bowdoin, and that he shall at all times
hereafter be called and known by, and hold and use the name
of, James Bowdoin Robins only; and by such name shall sue
and be sued in any court of law or equity.

Lawful acts here-
utter made to be
valid

2. And be it enacted, That all devises, securities, promises,
contracts, assurances, deeds, and lawful acts whatsoever, here-
after to be made and done, by and to the said Thomas Littleton
Robins, by the name of James Bowdoin Robins, shall be of the
game force, validity and effect, and of equal avail to all intents
and purposes, as if James Bowdoin Robins had been the true
and proper name of baptism of the said Thomas Littleton Ro-
bins, any law or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.

Passed Feb 5, 1827

CHAP. LXXVIII.
An Act to amend the act Incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Company.

Act of Virginia
amended

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the act, entitled, An act incorporating the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal Company, passed by the general assembly of Vir-
ginia, at the December session eighteen hundred and twenty-
three, which has already received the assent of the state of Ma-
ryland, and of the congress of the United States, as well as of
the Potomac Company, shall be and the same is hereby amend-
ed in the manner hereinafter provided, on condition that this
act receive, in like manner, the assent of the necessary parties
thereto.

Company may
terminate eastern
section of canal
at or near Cum-
berland, and wen-
tern action ex-
tended in any di-
rection deemed
expedient

2. And be it enacted, That the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Company, shall have power to terminate the eastern section of
the said canal, at or near the town of Cumberland, on the river
Potomac, and thence to extend the western section thereof in
any direction that may be deemed expedient, by any other
route, as well as that prescribed in the act aforesaid, towards
Pittsburg, on the river Ohio; and in extending the same in any
direction across the dividing ridge which separates the eastern
and western waters, to substitute for a tunnel, and numerous
locks, on such part of the route, inclined planes and railways,
or any other artificial communication or roads; and in the event
that the western section of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
shall leave the valley of the Potomac river, at any point below
the Coal Banks, at or near the mouth of Savage, on the North
branch thereof, the company shall have the power in like man-
ner to extend a branch from the main canal to the said Coal
Banks, at or above the mouth of Savage, and to cause such
branch to be constructed of such dimensions, as their views of
their own and the public interest may warrant, and for the con-
struction of the same, shall have and enjoy the same rights, pri-
vileges and immunities, under the same restraints and conditions
in all respects, as they are entitled to, in relation to the main
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.

Company to ob-

serve conditions of
original act,

3. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act contained
shall be held to discharge the said company from a compliance