1849.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 532.

Construct new
track and alter
old one.

pany now possesses the right and power to construct,
repair and use its rail road beyond the limits of the city
of Baltimore.
SEC 2. And be it enacted. That the president and
directors of said company, shall be and they are hereby
authorised to construct, repair and use a second track of
rail road, parallel to their present track, from said Cal-
vert street depot to the city limits, and if, in their judg-
ment necessary, to alter the location of their present

Provisoes.

track; provided, that before said company shall be au-
thorised to construct a second track, it shall widen the
Streets, through which its road passes, in the manner
hereinafter provided, for which purposes the said com-
pany is hereby authorised to widen the streets through
which said tracks are or may be located to the further
width of twenty feet, and may acquire the necessary
ground and materials by gift or purchase, or by con-
demnation, in the manner prescribed and authorised by
the original act to which this is a further supplement,
and for the purposes of such condemnation, the sheriff
and justices of the peace of Baltimore city, and Balti-
more county court, are hereby invested respectively with
all the powers, authority and duties within the limits of
the city of Baltimore, as the sheriff and justices of the
peace of Baltimore county and Baltimore county court,
are respectively charged and invested with by said origi-
nal act, beyond the limits of the city of Baltimore; pro-
vided, that nothing in this act contained, shall deprive
the mayor and city council of Baltimore, of the right
and power to fix and prescribe the rale of speed at which
the said rail road company may run their cars and loco-
motives, within the city limits; and provided, that the
Legislature reserves to itself the right to repeal this act
whenever, in its discretion, it may deem it expedient.

Preamble.

SEC. 3 And whereas, The opening of certain pro-
posed streets, located upon the map of Baltimore city,
through the Bolton depot of said company, would seri-
ously injure the operations of said company, and would
be of no benefit to any considerable portion of the citi-

Streets to be
closed.

zens, therefore, Be it enacted, that the following streets,
or such parts of them as run through the said Bolton
depot lot, shall be and they are hereby forever closed,
namely: all that part of Hoffman street, lying between
Forter alley and Cathedral street, all that part of John
street lying between Dolphin and Cathedral streets,
and all that part of West Oliver street, lying between
Dolphin and Cathedral streets, and no other street, lane
or alley shall be opened through the said lot, without the
assent of the president and directors of said company;