A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
and Ephraim Hoffman, and their associates, succes-
sors and assigns, be an are hereby created, a cor-
poration and body politic, by the name and style
of the City Park Railway Company, and by that
name may have perpetual succession, and shall be
able and capable in law, to sue and be sued, to
make and use a common seal, to ordain and pass
by-laws, and regulations, as shall be necessary for
conducting the affairs of the corporation, to acquire
and hold all necessary real estate, and in general
to have and exercise all such other corporate
powers and faculties, as may be proper to effectuate
the purposes of this act.
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Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the object of
the said corporation is to be the building, con-
struction and working of a Passenger Railway in
Baltimore county, from "Druid Hill Park," to
connect with the Baltimore City Passenger Rail-
way Company, at any or all of the different ter-
mini of said company's roads on the Northern
avenue of said city.
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Object of cor-
poration.
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Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the corporation
hereby created, is vested with all necessary power
and authority, to lay down and construct, and to
use and operate Passenger railways, with double
or single tracks, over the roads known as Madison,
avenue extended, Pennsylvania avenue, or any
other road, made or to be made between said
"Druid Hill Park," and the Northern boundary
of Baltimore city.
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Powers con-
ferred.
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Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the capital
stock of this corporation shall consist of three
thousand shares of the par value of twenty dollars
per share.
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Capital stock.
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Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said
company shall for running the cars on said route,
be entitled to charge no more than three cents a
passenger, for the trip between the said Park and
Northern avenue, and five cents for the round
trip.
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Rates of fare.
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Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the City
Park Railway Company hereby incorporated, shall
not be authorized by anything contained in this
act, to exercise banking privileges or to issue any
note, token, device, scrip, or other evidence of
debt, to be used as a currency.
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Banking pri-
vileges with-
held.
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