THOMAS H. HICKS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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a railroad from Columbia, in Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania, to the Maryland and Pennsylvania
line, so that the said corporations shall be merged
in and constitute one body corporate, finder the
name of the Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad
Company, upon such terms and conditions, and
under such regulations as may be specified in the
agreement of union; and that said body corporate
so formed, shall be entitled, within this State, to
all the powers and privileges and ad vantages, and
subject to alike restrictions as the aforenamed Co-
lumbia and Port Deposit Railroad Company,
chartered by this act.

SEC. 25. And be it enacted, That a copy of said
agreement of union, shall, within four months
from the date thereof, authenticated by the seals
of the corporations, and the signatures of their
respective Presidents, be deposited and recorded
amongst the land records of Cecil county.

To be recorded.

SEC. 26. And be it enacted, That should this
road not be commenced within three years from
the passage of this act, and be not finished within
ten years thereafter, then this act shall be null
and void.

Road to be
commenced
within three
years.

SEC. 27. And be it enacted, That nothing in
this act shall be so construed as to authorise the
said company, to issue any note, token, scrip or
other evidence of debt, to be used as a currency,
and the Legislature hereby reserves the right to
alter, amend or repeal this act at pleasure.

Reservation.

SEC. 28. And be it, enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

CHAPTER 104.

In force.

AN ACT to provide for the refunding of a cer-
tain sum of money paid into the State Trea-
sury.

Passed Febru-
ary 18, 1858.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That the Treasurer pay on the

Sum appro-
priated.