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EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.
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Company, to ascertain whether said company has been guilty
of such misuse or abuse of its corporate powers and fran-
chises as would by law authorize and make proper the
forfeiture of its charter, corporate powers and franchises,
the mode of procedure to be the same as is now provided
by the general laws of this State in such cases.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if at the trial of
any cause instituted by virtue of the provisions of this Act,
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it shall be judicially determined that The Cumberland and
Pennsylvania Railroad Company is permitting its tracks to
connect with the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, or is permitting its tracks, right of way or other
property to be used by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, or by any other railroad company leased, operated,
owned or controlled by the said Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company, in violation" of the terms and provisions of
this Act, then it shall be the duty of the Court to pass a
decree of forfeiture of its charter against the said The Cum-
berland and Pennsylvania Railroad Company; and the charter
of the said The Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad Com-
pany shall thereby be annulled and vacated, and all its corpo-
rate franchises and powers shall cease and be henceforth
void; and thereafter such proceedings shall be had as are now
provided under the general laws of this State in such cases.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all Acts and parts
of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be and
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Forfeiture of
charter.
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the same are hereby repealed in so far as the same might
modify or in any wise affect the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 5. Se it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 5, 1906.
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Repeal.
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CHAPTER 258.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 3
of Chapter 510 of the Acts of 1898, entitled " An Act to
incorporate the Continental Trust Company, as amended
by Chapter No. 246 of the Acts of 1900, entitled an
Act to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections
2 and 3 of Chapter 510 of the Acts of 1898, entitled, an
Act to incorporate the Continental Trust Company."
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