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this charter at its pleasure, and that this act shall
take effect from; the date of its passage.

CHAPTER 118.
AN ACT to incorporate the Sassafras River and Baltimore Steam Navigation Company.	Passed Mar. 4, 1864.
WHEREAS, It has been represented to the Gen- eral Assembly that the incorporating of a steam passenger and freight company, having for its ob- ject the insuring of a speedy and safe conveyance of passengers, and of the various products of the farmer, merchant, mechanic and manufacturer to and from market, would greatly promote the con- venience of the people and benefit the agricultural and other interest, enhance the value of real estate and tend to develop the agricultural resources of the State; and it being represented to the General Assembly that a number of persons are willing to unite their funds for the purpose of forming a com- pany to effectuate these objects; therefore,	Preamble.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That George Vickers, David C. Blackiston, Isaac Parsons, John Gale, Abel J. Regse, Joseph W. Webb, of Kent county, and J. Thomas Budd, Thomas V. Ward, Cecil county, and all and every; person who may become sub- scribers or stockholders according to the mode hereinafter prescribed, their successors and assigns, shall be and they are hereby incorporated by the name of the Sassafras River and Baltimore Steam Navigation Company, for the purpose and with the privileges and immunities herein described, defined and granted, and by that name shall be a body politic and corporate, in fact and in law, and may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in all courts of justice or elsewhere, and the said company shall have power and authority, at any time after the passage of this act, to purchase,	Incorporated.