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eral Assembly, passed at January session eighteen
hundred and fifty two, chapter three hundred and
thirty-seven, the capital stock of said company was
assessed at the nominal par value instead of the cash
value thereof as directed by the ninth section of said
act; and whereas, through erroneous information
the said companies failed to make an appeal to the
county commissioners within the time specified in
said act; Therefore,
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the county commissioners of Prince
George's county, be, and they are hereby authorised to
hear and determine the complaint and appeal of the
said Patuxent company and Laurel Machine company,
and examine any person or persons on oath or affirma-
tion as the case may he in relation thereto, and upon
examination to abate oc increase the valuation aforesaid
in as full and ample a manner as if the appeal of said
companies was taken within the time prescribed by law,
and if the said companies or either of them shall con-
sider themselves or itself aggrieved by the decision of the
county commissioners aforesaid, an appeal may be taken
therefrom to the court of Appeals then in session, or
if the said court be not then in session the appeal
shall be taken to the said court at its session next
after such appeal, and the same proceedings shall be
had therein as provided for in the case of appeals under
the act aforesaid of eighteen hundred and fifty-two,
chapter three hundred and thirty-seven.
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Authority to
hear and de-
termine.
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