LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAPTER 390.
AN ACT to authorize the Baltimore Consolidated Railway
Company to do an express business on its railways in the
City of Baltimore and adjoining counties.
WHEREAS, the Baltimore Consolidated Railway Company

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under and by virtue of the consolidation duly executed be-
tween the City and Suburban Railway Company, the Balti-
more Traction Company and the Lake Roland Elevated Rail-
way Company, and as the successor of said companies, ope-
rates its lines of railways in the city of Baltimore and adjoin-
ing counties; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to the people along said lines,

Preamble.

that an express business should be conducted thereon ; there-
fore,
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Preamble.

land, That the Baltimore Consolidated Railway Company be
and it is hereby authorized to transact an express business
upon its lines of railways located in Baltimore city and
adjoining counties.

Transact an
express
business;

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.
Approved April 9, 1898.

CHAPTER 391.

AN ACT to add new sections to Article 13 of the Code of
Public Local Laws, title "Harford County," under the new
sub title "Tramps and Vagrants," to follow Section 268,
and to be known as Sections 268 A, 268 B, 268 C and 269 D.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the following new sections be added to Article 13

Effective.

of the Code of Public Local Laws, title " Harford County,"
tinder the new sub-title "Tramps and Vagrants," to follow sec-
tion 268, and to be known as sections 268 A, 268 B, 268 C,
and 268 D.
268 A. The County Commissioners of Harford county and

New sections
added.

the municipal authorities of each incorporated city or town in
said county, in addition to the powers now held by them, shall
respectively have power to make all such rules and regulations,
and to pass all such ordinances as may be necessary or proper to
suppress and prevent the wandering of tramps or vagrants
within the limits of said county or of such cities or towns, and

Law in re-
gard to
tramps and
vagrants.