A. W. BRADE0RD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

President and Directors of the Baltimore City Pas-
senger Railway Company, that with the utmost
economy they have been able to introduce into
their management, the present rate of fare is inade-
quate to pay the cost of working their railways,
and for keeping the track and equipment thereof
in proper condition.; and whereas, the said com-
pany after complying with the requirements of the
act of incorporation, and having paid one-fifth of
their receipts from passengers to the Register of
the city of Baltimore, and after an entirely unre-
munerative service of over four years, find them-
selves further embarrassed by the unprecedented
advance in the price of labor and material; there-
fore.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, that the Baltimore City Passenger
Railway Company, be and they are hereby author-
ized and empowered to charge and collect six cents
fare from each passenger passing from any one
part of the city of Baltimore to any other part on
the line of their railways without charge for trans-
fer tickets, and one-fifth of the gross receipts from
passengers to be paid to the Register of the city of
Baltimore, as provided for by the ordinance of the
Mayor and City Council of said City.

Charges for
passengers.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall be
in force from the passage thereof, and continue in
force two years after the date of its passage.

In force.