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two counties, or if the said canal be proposed to be dug, con-
structed or maintained through or over the lands of two or more
counties, then such corporation shall obtain the consent, in
writing, of the county commissioners of both of said counties;
and the resolution of the said county commmissioners giving
said consent shall be recorded amongst the proceedings of said
commissioners, and also in the journal or book of proceedings
of said corporation.
154. The corporation may agree with the owners for the
lands or property of any kind whatsoever, or interest there-
in, necessary for the abutments of the bridge and the lands
necessary for the digging, constructing and maintaining of a
canal, and for roads and ways thereto, and for earth or stone
required in the construction of said bridge or of said canal
and of said ways, approaches, terminals, docks and wharves;
and the rights acquired by agreement shall be conveyed by
deed, duly acknowledged and recorded. In case of failure to
agree, or of disability of the owners to contract, or of their
absence from the State, the corporation may obtain the lands,
or property of any kind, or interest therein, earth and stone
by condemnation. The corporation may proceed to condemn
under the provisions of Article 33A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, title "Eminent Domain, " or it may proceed, and is
hereby expressly authorized so to do, under the provisions ap-
plicable to railroad companies set forth in Sections 203 and
204 of Article 23 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, title
"Corporations. "
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is an
emergency law and necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public health and safety, and having been passed by a
yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly,
the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 11, 1929.
CHAPTER 572.
AN ACT concerning liability for participation in breaches of
fiduciary obligations and to make uniform the law with refer-
ence thereto, and to add an additional Article to the Code
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