1844.

THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAP. 282.

this State to the said company under the act of December
session, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, chapter two
hundred and forty-one, and the interest due and in arrear,
and which hereafter may accrue thereon; which mortgage
shall be submitted to the Attorney General of this State,
and be approved by him as sufficient in law.

To transmit to
Governor an-
nual report.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the president and directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal Company, to transmit to the Governor of this State
a copy of the annual report of the said company, on or be-
fore the first day of December in each year hereafter, so
long as this State continues to be a stockholder in said com-

Company to
Assent in ge-
neral meeting.

pany.
SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That whenever the Ches-
apeake and Ohio Canal Company, in general meeting of
the stockholders assembled, shall approve, assent and agree
to the provisions of this act, and shall have communicated
to the Treasurer of the Western Shore of Maryland such
approval, assent and agreement, under the corporate seal
and the signature of the president of said company, this
act and every part and provision thereof, shall take effect

Right reserv-
ed.

and be in full force, but not otherwise.
SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That nothing herein con-
tained shall prevent the State from redeeming the bonds
and the interest thereon, authorised to be issued by this
act, if at any time hereafter the legislature may deem it
expedient or best for the interest of this State to do so.

CHAPTER 282.

Passed March
10, 1845.

An act to provide for the division of the City of Baltimore
into Twenty wards, and for other purposes.

Five commis-
sioners to be
appointed by
Governor.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That there shall be appointed by the Gover-
nor, five commissioners, citizens of Baltimore, three of
whom shall reside west, and two east of Jones's Falls,
whose duty it shall be to divide the city of Baltimore into
twenty wards, as nearly equal in population as may be, and
the boundaries of which shall be as nearly as practicable
in right lines.

Commission-
ers to locate.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners
shall locate twelve of said wards west, and eight east of
Jones's Falls, and shall make out two returns under their
hands and seals, which shall describe particularly the