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shall deem necessary in connection with its said railroad between
the termini named in its Certificate or Charter, or so far as its
railroad may lie within the State of Maryland; and such Rail-
road Company is hereby further invested with all the rights
and powers necessary and convenient to acquire, either by pur-
chase or condemnation, all land and other property which it
may deem necessary for the site of said railroad and the afore-
said additions thereto, either in fee simple or any lees estate, in
accordance with law; and such Railroad Company may exercise
the rights and powers, with which by this Section it is invested,
from time to time and with respect to any portion of its
existing line or railroad as the demands of its business
may require; and nothing in this Section shall be construed as
in derogation of any rights and powers already conferred upon
such Railroad Company by any of the provisions of this Article
or by Special Act, but the rights and powers hereby conferred
shall be construed as in enlargement of and supplementary to the
rights and powers of the same kind already conferred upon such
Railroad Company by the provisions of this Article or by Spe-
cial Act. Provided that nothing herein shall be construed to
authorize any railroad company to condemn, use or occupy
upon, under or- over any portion of any public highway in this
State without the consent of the proper authorities of the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore as to any highway in Baltimore
City, or of the County or City, as to any highway in any county
or city therein, nor to take away, modify or restrict the powers
of the said local authorities in said Baltimore City, or any other
city or county in the State, as such powers existed prior to the
passage of this Act, with regard to the imposition of terms and
conditions for the grant of any right in, or upon giving their
assent to the use of, any portion of any public highways of this
State.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any railroad com-
pany which may avail itself of the benefit of this Act shall be
deemed thereby to have surrendered any exemption from taxa-
tion which it may have.

Approved April 18th, 1918.

CHAPTER 308.

AN ACT to repeal paragraphs four, seven, and ten of Section
one of Chapter seventy-seven of the Acts of the General As-