JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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CHAPTER 129.
AN ACT to amend the Charter of the "Western Maryland
Railroad Company, and the amendments and supplements
thereto, by rescinding in the event of a sale of Baltimore
City's interest in said road, the authority of the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore to appoint eight directors of
said company ; and by rescinding in the event of a sale of
the interest of Washington County in the said road, the
provisions requiring two directors of said company to be
citizens of said county, and to restore to the stockholders
of said company the right to elect all of the directors of
said company, and to repeal Chapter 177 of the Acts of
1865, and to repeal and re-enact Section 2 of Chapter 110
of the Acts of 1870, and to repeal with a proviso Chapter
48 of the Acts of 1866, and to provide for the conditions
of sale of the interests of the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore and of Washington County.

CHAP. 129.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland. That chapter 177 of the Acts of 1865, entitled
"An Act to amend the charter of the Western Maryland,
Railroad Company, so as to give to the city of Baltimore two
directors therein," be and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That section 2 of
chapter 110 of the Acts of 1870, entitled "An Act to amend

Repeal.

the charter of the Western Maryland Railroad Company by
increasing the number of directors in said company, and
authorizing the appointment of six directors by the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore, in addition to two already
appointed by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and
by authorizing said company to issue its bonds to the amount
of fourteen hundred thousand dollars ($1,400,000) in addition
to the amount already authorized, and to secure the payment
of the same by mortgage," be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, so as to read as follows.

Repeal
and re-enact

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the number of direc-
tors of said company shall be increased to thirteen, said thirteen
directors to be elected by the stockholders of said company in
manner provided by its charter.

Number
of directors.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That chapter 46 of the
Acts of 1866, entitled, "An Act to amend the charter of the
Western Maryland Railroad Company, so that the number of
directors therein be increased and two of such directors be

Repeal.