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passage of this Act to organize by the election of a president
and such officers as may in their judgment be to them neces-
sary for the proper management of the affairs of said com-
pany.

SEC. 2, And be it enacted, That said corporators under the

above name, shall be capable in law of purchasing, holding, sell-
ing and conveying property, real, personal or mixed, as far as
shall be necessary for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, and
shall have perpetual succession, and by such corporate name
may sue and be sued, and to make and have and use a common
seal, and the same alter and renew at their pleasure, and shall
have and enjoy and may exercise all the powers, rights, privi-
leges, acts, matters and things incident and necessary to the
purposes of the said corporation created by this Act.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the company hereby incor-
porated shall be and it is hereby invested with all rights and
powers necessary for the construction, repair and operation of

a railroad from some suitable point, to be determined by its
board of directors, at or near the boundary line of the District

of Columbia, and running through and over the Counties
Prince George's, Charles and St. Mary's to a point on the
Patuxent River in St, Mary's County at or near the farm
known as Esperanza, and with further power to locate, build

-and construct any extension or lateral branches as may in the
judgment of said board be proper and suitable for the purpose
of said company.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That said company be
and it is hereby authorized, in order to construct said railroad,
or any extension or lateral branches thereof on such land or
property of any individual or corporation, or on such private
right of any corporation or individual as it may deem necessary
to occupy in order to construct said railroad between the
points authorized by this Act, and when the consent of the
owners of such ground or property cannot, from any cause, be
obtained, the said corporation may obtain the same by con-
demnation in the manner as is provided in Article 23 of the
Code of Public General Laws of the State of Maryland and all
the supplements and amendments thereto; and the said cor-
poration shall have the power, subject to the approval of the
County Commissioners and the municipal authorities of any
city or town along the route, as the case may be, to use and
occupy for the purpose of its said railroad, any public road in

said county or any street, alley or lane in any of said cities and

towns.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That said railroad company shall
have the power to construct and operate branch roads, to lease,
buy and improve lands along the lines of said railroad; to