1843.

FRANCIS THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

chap. 227.

visions of the original act, to which this is a supplement,
any houses or buildings, which the ward or wards of such
guardian may own, either jointly with others or in sev-
eralty, and such insurance to have the same lien, and to
have the same effect in all respects, as if such minors were
of full age, and had made such insurance themselves.

CHAPTER 226.

Passed Feb.
14, 1844.

An act to regulate the appointment of the steward or over-
seer of Cecil County Alms House.

Trustees to
appoint.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the trustees of the Alms House of Cecil county, shall
on or before the first day of February, in each and every
year, appoint the superintendent or overseer of said Alms
House; such appointment to take effect on the twenty-fifth
day of March next ensuing, and shall within ten days after
such appointment, inform such overseer of his appointment
in writing; and where the incumbent is removed, give him
notice of his discharge.

CHAPTER 227.

Passed Feb.
20, 1844.

A further supplement to an act entitled, an act to incor-
porate the Maryland Mining Company.

To charge and
receive same
tolls as Rail
Road.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That it shall be lawful for the Maryland Mining
Company, to charge, demand and receive, for all persons
and property transported on the rail road or any lateral
way, which they are, or shall be authorised to construct
from their mines to the basin of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal or other points in or near the town of Cumberland, the
same rates of toll or prices of transportation as the Balti-

Preamble.

more and Ohio Rail Road are or shall be by law allowed
to charge and receive. And whereas doubts may exist
whether the said company would be authorised, under the
act and the supplement thereto, to which this is a further
supplement, to construct a rail road from their mines or
works to some intermediate point or points between the