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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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gation cast upon it by Section 37 of Article 4, entitled " City
of Baltimore," of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land, to fix the compensation to the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore in such cases at the largest amount that it may
be able by advertisement ,or otherwise to obtain for the fran-
chise or right; provided, however, that said compensation
or compensations shall in no case be fixed by said board of

Proviso.

estimates at a lower sum or sums than the sum or sums
which the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall have
paid, or become obliged to pay unto said company, whether
as the result of condemnation proceedings or otherwise,
under the provisions of Chapter 274 of the Act of the Gen-
eral Assembly of Maryland for the year 1904, for the pur-
pose of acquiring the respective street railway franchises,
easements, interests or rights now or hereafter possessed or
enjoyed by said company in said respective roadbeds, or
parts of roadbeds, as to which said application or applica-
tions for new franchises or rights shall or may be made by
said company, as aforesaid.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 5, 1906.

CHAPTER 567.
AN ACT to repeal Section 280 of Article 13 of the Public
Local Laws, title "Wild Fowl," sub-title "Harford and
Cecil Counties."
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Repeal.

land, That Section 280 of Article 13 of the Public Local
Laws, title "Wild Fowl," sub-title "Harford and Cecil
Counties," be and the same is hereby repealed.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 5, 1906.