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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

To be com-
pleted intten
years.

Sec. 21. And be it enacted, That if the road au-
thorized by this act to be made, shall not be com-
menced within two years from the passage of this
act, and shall not be completed within ten years
after it shall have been commenced, then this act
shall be void, and the powers conferred by it shall
cease.

To be null
and void.

Sec. 22. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage, and in the
event that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com-
pany obtain a charter to construct and complete said
road within a time less than that prescribed in
this act, and do proceed in accordance with such
charter to construct and complete the same, then
this act to be null and void.

CHAPTER 141.

Passed March
24, 1865.

AN ACT to amend and re-enact section ten of
the fifth Article of the Code of Public General
Laws entitled, "Appeals."

Amended and
re-enacted.

SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That section ten of Article fifth,
of the Code of Public Local Laws, be amended
and re-enacted, so as to read as follows:

Certain cases
to stand for
bearing at first
term.

10. All appeals in cases of mandamus or ques-
tions arising under the insolvent laws, or ex-
ceptions taken on the trials of issues sent from the
Orphans' Courts or courts of equity, orders grant-
ing injunctions, dissolving or refusing to dissolve
the same, appointing a receiver, ratifying or re-
fusing to ratify a trustee sale, and all appeals from
decisions of the Orphans' Court, and from any
judgment or motions to set aside sales, or apply
money in the hands of the Sheriff, and all appeals
from decisions on matters of law, made by the
courts of Baltimore city, in relation to the streets
in said city, shall stand for hearing at the first
term after the transmission of the record.

In force.

Sec. 5. Be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the day of its passage.