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		tions of said company, adopted in lawful pursuance of the grant of powers hereby given.
	May use pub- lic roads	SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That said company may enter upon, grade, occupy or use any public road or highway in said county, for the purposes aforesaid, so however, as not to prevent the free and convenient travel over such road by any citizens; and they are further authorized to acquire such rights of way or the fee of such lands as they may find need- ful or advantageous to the construction or operation of such railway line or lines, by purchase, gift, grant or condemnation in the manner provided by law for acquisition of private property for public use within the limits of Somerset county, Maryland.
	Perpetual existence	SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That said company, subject, how- ever, to the constitutional right of amendment and repeal, shall have perpetual continuance.
	Effective.	SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved April 6th, 1894. CHAPTER 599. AN ACT to amend Article twenty-three of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Corporations," by adding thereto an additional section, to follow section twenty, class seven, and to be designated as "Section twenty A, class seven A," of said article, providing for the formation of corporations for conducting any trading, commercial or mer- cantile business.
	New section.	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That article number twenty-three (23) of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, title " Corporations," be and the same is hereby amended, by adding thereto the follow- ing section, to follow section 20, class 7, and to be designated as "section twenty (20) A, class seven A," of said article.
	Purpose for which cor- poration is formed.	SEC. 20 A, Class 7 A. For conducting or carrying on in this State and elsewhere, any lawful wholesale or retail trading, commercial or mercantile business, where the principal office