A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

and use cars for the accommodation of passengers,
as well as cars for the transportation of freight
through any of the streets of said town, and ex-
tending from said town to Eastern Point, on the
waters of Tread Avon Creek to Miles River Bridge,
on the waters of Miles River, and to Dover Ferry
or other convenient points on the Choptank River
or to such other point or points on the Tread Avon
Creek, Miles River and Choptank River in said
county of Talbot as may seem most advantageous
from time to time, for the interest of said company,
who are hereby fully authorized to construct any
one or all of said railways from the said town, to
said different points, and to connect with any other
railway for the transportation of passengers and
freights that may hereafter be constructed in or near
the town of Easton, and to construct, use, rent, lease,
hire or purchase and sell, cars, coaches carriages,
lands, buildings, house fixtures, rail ties, mules,
&c. &c., for the use of said railway, with the right
to propel and drive their cars by horses or mules
only, and who may also sue and be sued, plead
and be impleaded, answer and defend and be an-
swered and defended in all courts and in equity,
and may have and use a common seal, which they
may alter or renew at pleasure, and do every other
act or thing necessary to carry into working effect
the provisions and purposes of this act.

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Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the parties as
heretofore named, viz: Reuben Tharp, Samuel T.
Hopkins, William H. Councell, James W. Benny
and Joseph Raisin, or any of three or more of them
may take and receive subscriptions to the capital
stock of said company on such terms as they or a
majority of them may designate, in shares of ten
dollars each, to any amount, not exceeding five
thousand shares, and any person or persons, who
shall become a holder or holders of one or more
shares of the said stock, shall thereupon become a
member of said company, and entitled to vote in
the manner hereinafter prescribed for the Directors
and Managers of said railway, and until an elec-
tion of officers shall have been made, as hereinafter
provided for, the said Reuben Tharp, Samuel T.
Hopkins, William H. Councell, James W. Benny
and Joseph Raisin, or a majority of them, shall
have and may exercise all the corporate rights and

May receive
subscriptions. .