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rail road company shall declare their first dividend.
Sec. 20. And, whereas, it may be necessary, in the se-
ection of the route for the construction of the rail road au-
orised by this act, to change the course of the travelling
and transportation between the cities of Baltimore and Wash-
ington, and thereby greatly injure or destroy the value of
the bridge and ferry on the Patapsco river, over which the
said Washington and Baltimore Turnpike Road now passes,
Be it enacted, That il the said rail road, authorised by this
act, shall not pass over the Patapsco river at the bridge and
ferry aforesaid, the owners of the said bridge and ferry shall
be entitled to so many shares of stock of the said company,
as shall be equal to the value of the said bridge and ferry,
such value to be agreed on by contract between the president
and managers of the said company and the trustees in whom
the title to the said bridge and ferry is vested, with the ap-
probation of such of the owners as is or are of full age, and
of the natural or other legal guardian of such as are minors,
and if the valuation cannot be agreed on by the said parties,
then each of them shall, in writing, appoint one person,
such appointment on the part of the said president and mana-
gers to be made under the corporate seal of the said compa-
ny, and on behalf of the owners of the said bridge and fer-
ry, to be signed by the trustees, and the owners of full age
and the natural or other legal guardian of the minors afore-
said; and the two persons so appointed, and such third per-
son as they, in case of disagreement in opinion as to the said
value, shall choose and appoint to unite with them, or any
wo of them, shall ascertain the value of such bridge and
ferry; and each of the persons so appointed, before they
proceed to make the said valuation, shall take an oath be
ore some judge or justice of the peace of this state, tha
he will make such valuation fairly anc impartially, accord
ing to the best of his information and judgment; and the
valuation of the persons so appointed, or of any two of them
when made in writing, and signed by them, of which a du-
plicate copy shall be given to each party, shall be conclu-
sive; and the number of shares of stock, corresponding with
the valuation so agreed or made, shall be vested in the same
trustees, for the use and benefit of the same persons, anc
subject to the same control, as the title and property of the
id bridge and ferry, and the rights and privileges thereto
appertaining; and the said title and property shall thereupon
transferred and conveyed te, and vested in, the said pre
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