JAMES THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1834.

null and void, and the said parties are hereby divorced, a
vinculo matrimonii

CHAP. 241.

CHAPTER 241

An act to provide for the completion of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal, to Cumberland, and for the completion of the
Baltimore and Susquehanna Rail Road, to the Borough
of York, in the State of Pennsylvania

Passed Mar 18 1835

Section 1 Be if enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That so soon as the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Com-
pany, in a general meeting of the stockholders thereof, shall
have approved, assented, and agreed to the several provisions
of this act, so far at the same is applicable to the said Compa-
ny, and shall have communicated to the treasurer of the West-
ern Shore of Maryland their acceptance of its terms, under
the corporate seal of said Company, and the signatures of

Treasurer on re

ceiving accep-

tance

their President and Directors, and also, by preparrng and
deposrtrng wrth said Treasurer, a covenant and obligation,
verified in like manner, pledging the whole of the nett re-
venues of said Company , and the whole of the water rights,
lands, and other property, at any time acquired by the said
Company, or the rents or other avails thereof, lot the pur
pose of securing to this State in the manner hereinafter
provided, the payment of the rnterest and principal of the
loan which shall be made to said Company in pursuance of
this act, the said Treasurer shall be, and he is hereby au-

And pledge

thorised and directed, to advertise in the cities of Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, for at least three suc

Shall advertise

cessive weeks, in two newspapers published daily in said
cities respectively, for proposals to purchase stock of this
State, to be redeemable at any time after the year eighteen
hundred and seventy, to bear inteiest at the rate of srx per
centum per annum, payable quarterly on the first day of the
months of January, April, July, and October, in each year,
at the loan office of this State, in the city of Baltimore,
and after the time limited in said advertisements for receiv-

For proposals

ing such proposals shall have elapsed, the said Treasurer
may and shall dispose of so much of said stocks as may be
necessary for the objects of this act, m reference to the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, for the highest price
hat may have been or shall be offered for the same, Pro

And see so much

&c.