LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

confirmation thereof, or when the same shall be paid into court
under such regulations as the court by which said inquisition
shall have been confirmed, shall prescribe, shall entitle the said
company to the estate and interest in the same thus valued, as
fully as if it had been conveyed to the said company by the
owner of the same.

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SEC. 8. And le it enacted, That if any person or persons
shall injure any of the canals, springs, reservoirs, tunnels,
mounds, plugs, pipes, engines, machinery, buildings or any of
the works of the company, or shall pollute or render impure
any of the said waters by placing foul substances or nuisances
therein, they shall forfeit and pay the damages therein, to be
recovered with the costs of the suit in the name of said com-
pany before any court of justice or justice of the peace having
cognizance thereof.

Damages to
be paid.

SEC. 9. Be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from
the date of its passage.
Approved April 9, 1898.

CHAPTER 485.
AN ACT to incorporate " The Atlantic Fire Insurance Com-
pany," with its principal offices at Snow Hill, Maryland, or
Baltimore City.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Effective:

land, That Oliver D. Collins, Marion T. Hargis, Edward
"White, Robling D. Jones, J. Edward White, Thomas M. Pur-
nell and Calvin B. Taylor, and their successors, and all persons,
firms, or corporations who may hereafter become members of
the corporation to be created by this Act, are hereby created
and declared to be a body politic and corporate by the name,
style and title of " The Atlantic Fire Insurance Company,"
and by the same name shall have succession, and shall be able
to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and defend,
and be answered and defended in all courts of law and equity
in the State or elsewhere ; to have, make and use a common
seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at their pleasure,
and shall have full power and authority to make insurances on
all kind of property against loss or damage by fire or lightning;
to provide for the keeping and investment of funds or assets
that may become the property of the company, and generally
to transact, execute and perform all such business as may apper-
tain to a fire insurance company, not contrary to this Act or
the Constitution and laws of this State or of the United States.
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Body
corporate.