A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 451

CHAPTER 333.
AN ACT to amend the first section of Article seventy-one of the Code of Public General Laws, relating to Oysters.	Passed Mar. 10, 1864.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That section first of Article seventy- one, of the Code of Public General Laws of this State, entitled "Oysters," be amended and re- enacted so as to read as follows:	Amended and re-enacted
That it shall be lawful for any person or per- sons to use such tongs and rakes as may suit their convenience in taking or catching oysters within the waters of this State.	Mode of catch - ing.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from the date of its passage.	In force.

CHAPTER 334.
AN ACT to incorporate the Washington County Railroad.	Passed Mar. 10, 1864.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Isaac Nesbitt, George S. Ken- nedy, Jacob A. Miller, Johns Hopkins, Galloway Chester, Peter B. Small and Robert Fowler be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners, under the direction of a majority of whom sub- scriptions may be received to the capital stock of the Washington County Railroad Company, which is hereinafter incorporated; and that the said Commissioners, or a majority of them, may cause books to be opened at such times and places as they may direct, for the purpose of receiving sub- scriptions to the said capital stock of said com- pany, after having given such notice of the time and places of opening the same as they may deem proper; and if such subscription to the capital	Incorporated