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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP 530

Repeal and
re-enact.

at the Session of 1898, entitled " An Act to incorporate the
Frederick, Thurmont and Northern Railway Company," as
amended by Chapter 634 of the Acts of the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, passed at the Session of 1900, changing
the name of said corporation to " The Washington, Frederick
and Gettysburg Railway Company," and enlarging its
powers, be and the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted,
so as to read as follows :

Section 8. And be it enacted, That the property, real and

Exempt from
taxation.

personal, of said railway company, its stocks and bonds,
rights and revenues, shall be exempt from taxation, except
for State purposes only, for the period of ten years from the
time its road, or any part thereof, is completed and in operar
tion, and shall, after the expiration of said ten years be
subject to taxation as shall be provided by law. for State,
county and municipal purposes; provided, however, that the
County Commissioners of Frederick county concur in this
section by action of their board, at a meeting duly called
for that purpose.

Section 12. And be it enacted, That whereas the construc-

Time
extended.

tion of said railway of said company has been duly com-
menced, the time for the completion of the same be and the
same is hereby extended to ten years from and after the
passage of this Act.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 5, 1906.

CHAPTER 521.

AN ACT to prevent the sale of Spirituous or Fermented
Liquors in the Beaver Creek District, being Election Dis-
trict No. 16, in Washington county, Maryland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That it shall not be lawful for the clerk of the Circuit

Unlawful to
issue license

Court for Washington county to issue a license to any person
or persons to sell any spirituous or fermented liquors in the
Beaver Creek District, being Election District No. 16, in
Washington county, Maryland.