PHILIP F. THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1847.

CHAPTER 288.

An act to authorise the Phenix Mining and Manufac-
turing Company of the State of Virginia, to purchase
and hold mineral lands in the County of Allegany, in
the State of Maryland.

CHAP, 289.

Passed
March 2, 1848.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the Phenix Mining and Manufacturing
Company of the State of Virginia be and hereby is
authorised to purchase, use, transfer and sell or other-
wise dispose of estate, real, personal and mixed, in the

May hold real
estate.

county of Allegany, in the State of Maryland; provided,
the real estate hereby authorised to be purchased, held
and owned by the said company shall not exceed two
thousand acres.

Proviso.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said company
shall be and hereby is authorised to carry on the business
of mining and manufacturing, subject to such limitations
and restrictions as are prescribed by any general laws
of the State of Maryland regulating mining and manu-
facturing companies, or which may hereafter be enacted
for that purpose.

To mine and
manufacture.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the said company
shall have the right and authority to make, construct,

and use such railways as may be necessary and expe-
dient to connect the mines and manufacturing establish-
ments, works and factories of the said company with
the Potomac river, and for the better advancement and
promotion of the aforesaid object, the said Phenix Com-
pany is hereby vested with the powers and privileges
heretofore granted to the Maryland Mining Company for
the construction of a rail road.

To make roads
to connect the
works with the
Potomac river.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That any part of this act
shall be subject to be altered, amended or repealed by
any future legislature as to them may seem proper.

CHAPTER 289.

Reservation.

An act to incorporate the Preston Coal Company,

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That T. J. McKaig and C. M. Thruston,
and such other persons as may be associated with them
hereafter, in manner herein provided, shall be and

Passed 9
March 7, 1848.

Incorporated.