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assigned or transferred, or who shall acquire the same by
mortgage foreclosure or otherwise, is hereby authorized and
empowered to own said property and to hold, exercise and
have such franchises, right, powers, (privileges and immuni-
ties as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such
person, partnership, association or corporation, subject, however,
to all the limitations thereof provided by the terms of this Act.

SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, that in addition to its power
bo acquire said bridge and appurtenant property by condemna-
tion upon payment of just compensation as now provided by
statutory and constitutional authority, the State of Maryland
shall have the right upon or after the expiration of twenty
years from the date of the opening of said bridge to traffic
and upon not less than two years' notice in writing from the
Chairman of the State Roads Commission to the Company,
its successors or assigns, to take over by purchase, at cost,
said bridge together with all other property, rights, and ap-
purtenances owned and held by said Company, its successors
or assigns then valuable and serviceable in the maintenance
and operation of said bridge. Such cost shall be determined
by agreement between the State Roads Commission and the
said Company, its successors or assigns, and in case of failure
to agree, by a proceeding in Equity to be instituted by the
State of Maryland in the Circuit Court of Baltimore County,
with the right of either party to appeal to the Court of Ap-
peals of Maryland.

SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, that none of the provisions
contained in Sections 153 to 160, inclusive, of Article 23 of
the Code of Public General Laws of this State shall be deemed
to be applicable to said bridge or to said Company, its suc-
cessors and assigns with respect thereto.

SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, that the authority hereby
granted shall cease and be null and void, unless the construc-
tion of said bridge be commenced within two years and com-
pleted within five years from the date of approval hereof.

SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, that the provisions of this
Act are subject to all valid and applicable provisions of laws
of the United States, concerning bridges over navigable waters
of the United States.

Approved March 31, 1927.