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or near a point on the west side of said river known as
'' Downes Wharf,'' and to provide for free travel between the
east and west sides of said river at or near said '' Downes
Wharf" in Caroline County, and build such roads as are neces-
sary, to connect the same with other public roads necessary to
properly open said bridge to public travel.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 1 of Chapter 579 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland passed at the Session of 1912, entitled
An Act to empower and require the County Commissioners of
Caroline County to move and reconstruct the old single-track
iron bridge (known as Denton Bridge) further up the Choptank
River, at or near a point on the west side of said river known
as "Downes Wharf," and to provide for free travel between
the east and west sides of said river at or near said "Downes
Wharf" in Caroline County, and build such roads as are neces-
sary to connect the same with other public roads necessary to
properly open said bridge to public travel, be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to read
as follows:

SEC. 2. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the County Commissioners of Caroline County be and they
are hereby authorized and empowered in their discretion to
move and re-construct in a substantial manner the old single-
track iron bridge now spanning the Choptank River at Denton
(when removed and supplanted by a new bridge at Denton) to
or near a point further up the river known as '' Downes Wharf,''
on the west side of said river, the object being to connect in a
most direct and practical manner with the county road on the
west side leading from the old brick mill site to Denton, and
known as the "River Road," and on the east to connect with
the public road leading from "Passipees Landing" to the State
Road, the exact position to be determined by the County Com-
missioners of Caroline County; provided, however, it shall not
be higher up the river than "Passipees Landing" nor further
down the river than "Downes Wharf;" and the said County
Commisioners of Caroline County are hereby empowered and
authorized to acquire by condemnation, purchase or otherwise,
all the lands and materials necessary for the removal and re-
construction of said old "single-track iron bridge," and its
abutments, causeways and connections for the convenience of
public travel, and said bridge when so removed and recon-
structed shall be maintained and be kept in proper repair by