LAWS OF MARYLAND.

1843

basin of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Cumberland
and their mines and works aforesaid, should circumstances
render the extension of their load to the basin of the canal
at Cumberland, unnecessary, as will probably be the case,
if the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, or the said
canal company extend their works up the valley of Jenn-
ings Run, to give additional facilities to the coal and iron
trade. Therefore,

chap. 228.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall not be
necessary for the said Maryland Mining Company, to con-
struct their said road or any lateral way from their mines
or works to the basin of the said canal company at Cumber-
land, but that the same may be slopped at any intermediate
point, at the discretion of the company, and that it shall be
lawful to charge the same rates of toll for the transportation
of persons or property upon such road, when constructed,

Discretion of
company. To
charge same
tolls as by 1st
section.

as are authorised by the First section hereof; provided, that
the said rail road be constructed so as to intersect with the
Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road, or the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal, or the improved navigation of Wills Creek or the
Potomac by Canal or otherwise.

Proviso.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That a quorum for the
transaction of business of the said Maryland Mining Com-
pany, may hereafter consist of the President and any two
or three Directors, provided, the said company shall make
a by-law for that purpose. Provided, that nothing herein
shall authorise this company to intersect the Baltimore and
Ohio Rail Road, without the consent of the Baltimore and
Ohio Rail Road Company.

President and
any two or
three directors

Provisoes.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That stockholders meetings
of the company, shall be called by ten days previous notice
in one newspaper printed in the town of Cumberland and
one in the city of Baltimore.

Ten days no-
tice.

CHAPTER 228.

An act to allow William R. Trippe, former collector of
Talbot County, further time to complete his collections.

Passed Feb.
22, 1844.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the time now allowed by law to William R. Trippe,
former collector of Talbot county, to complete his collec-
tions, be extended until the twentieth day of October, eigh-
teen hundred and forty-four.

Time exten-
ded.