EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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which has been or shall have been committed against the
local law for Talbot county hereby repealed before this Act
takes effect; and every such offense shall be dealt with as if
said sections had not been repealed; and no case or proceed-
ing pending shall abate by reason of such appeal.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That this Act shall take effect from the date of
its passage.
Approved April 3, 1906.

CHAPTER 717.
AN ACT to add an additional section to Article 23 of the
Code of Public General Laws of ^r Maryland, title "Corpo-
rations, sub-title "Railroad Companies," said additional
section to be known as Section 300A, and to follow Section
300 of the said Article.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

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Not to
Interfere
with the
prosecution
of any
person, etc..

land, That an additional section, to be numbered 300 A, be
and the same is hereby added to Article 23 of the Code of
Public General Laws of this State, title "Corporations,"
sub-title "Railroad Companies," said additional section to
be numbered Section 300 A.
300 A. Every railroad company of this State, heretofore
or hereafter incorporated, may, in its discretion, and from

New section
added.

time to time, make use of electricity as a motive power on
the whole or on any part or parts of its road in any form,
to be used or applied by storage battery or trolley wire for
the purpose of operating its road or any part or parts
thereof, or for the movement of all or any of its cars or
trains, and either exclusively or concurrently with steam or
with any other motive power or system.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 5, 1906.

Authority to
use elec-
tricity as a
motive
power.