THOMAS H. HICKS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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thus valued, as freely as if it had been conveyed
by the owner or owners of the same; and the
valuation, if not received when tendered, may at
any time thereafter be recovered from said com-
pany without cost by the said owner or owners

his, her or their legal representatives; Provided,
that any company now or hereafter to be incorpo-
rated, shall have the privilege of connecting a
lateral railroad with the main railroad or rail-
roads hereby authorised to be constructed, subject
to reasonable regulations of said company, and
the payment of such tolls as they may impose, not
exceeding three cents per ton per mile on all
goods, merchandise and other property, and not
exceeding two cents per mile for every passenger
transported thereon; and that the said company
be, and they are hereby required to transport on
the said road or roads all coal or other property
of every description which may be brought to the
established depots of said railroad or railroads
for transportation under the restrictions above
stated.

Proviso.

SEC. 10. Be it enacted, That nothing hererein
contained shall be so construed as to give to the
said company banking privileges, and the Legis-
lature hereby reserves the right to alter, amend
or repeal the charter hereby created.

Not to exer-
cise banking
privileges.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

CHAPTER 89.

In force.

AN ACT entitled, an act to amend an act, enti-
tled an act to incorporate the President and Di-
rectors of the Howard Fire Insurance Company
of Baltimore, passed January session, eighteen
hundred and fifty-six, chapter fifty-five.

Passed Febru-
ary 23, 1858.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That on and after the passage
of this act, it shall be lawful for the President

Authorised to
make insurance