1846.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 117.

Mining Company, shall consist of ten thousand shares of
one hundred dollars each, instead of two thousand shares
of five thousand dollars each.

Part of char-
ter.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That whenever this act
shall be accented by said Maryland Mining Company,
the same shall be held as part of the charter of said
company.

CHAPTER 117.

Passed Feb.
4, 1847.

An act to authorise the Levy Court of Caroline County to
purchase the Bridge at or near Denton Ferry.

Levy court to
purchase.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the levy court of Caroline county be,
and they are hereby authorised and empowered, if in
their opinion they deem it expedient to do so, to purchase
for the use of said county, from the stockholders of the
Denton Bridge Company, all and every share or shares of
stock, which any person or persons may have in said
company, and at such price or prices as said levy court
may in their judgment see proper to give.

To levy.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the levy court afore-
said, are hereby authorised and empowered, in their dis-
cretion, to levy on the assessable property of said county
from year to year, such sum or sums of money as may be

necessary to carry out the objects of this act.

To have stock
transferred.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That said levy court, from
time to time as they may purchase said stock, shall cause
the same to be transferred, in the name and for the use
of said county; and when the said levy court shall have
purchased the whole of the stock in said company, they
are hereby authorised and empowered to exercise and
enjoy all the rights, privileges and franchises, which the
president and directors of the Denton Bridge Company
now enjoy, or which they at any time heretofore enjoy-
ed or exercised, under the provisions of an act of the
General Assembly of Maryland, passed at November
session, eighteen hundred and eleven, chapter one hun-
dred and thirty-nine, and a supplement thereto, passed at
December session eighteen hundred and eighteen, chap-
ter forty-six.

To be assign-
ed to county.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That whenever the levy
court aforesaid, shall have purchased and obtained an