A supplement to the act, entitled, An act to incorporate the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company
| A supplement to the act, entitled, An act to incorporate the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company. | Passed March 15, 1828 |
| WHEREAS, doubts are entertained whether by the original act to which this is a supplement, the Baltimore and Ohio rail road company have the power to make and extend the said rail road within the limits of the city of Baltimore: and whereas the purposes of commerce make it absolutely necessary that such a power should be granted to the said company—- Therefore, | Preamble |
| SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That it shall and may be lawful for the president and directors of the said company, to begin the said rail road at any point within the said city of Baltimore which they may think proper, and to make and extend the said road from such point to the outer limits of the said city; and that the same powers, rights and privileges, shall be, and are hereby granted to the aforesaid company, within the limits of the city of Baltimore, in relation to, and in connexion with the said rail road within the said city, as are granted to them in relation to, and in connexion with the said rail road in any other part of the state; and the said company shall within the said city, be subject to the same obligations that are imposed on them in other parts of the state by the original act to which this is a supplement: | Authority to construct in the limits of Baltimore city. |
| Provided always, That the rail road to be constructed within the said city, shall be so constructed and made as not to inferere with the free use and travelling on said streets: And provided also, That the said, rail road shall not pass through any of the streets, lanes or alleys of said city, without the consent of the mayor and city council of Baltimore being first had and obtained. | Proviso. |
| SEC. 2, And be it enacted, That so soon as the state shall have been tailed on, and shall have paid the instalment required of her towards the construction of said rail road, the Governor, by and with the advice of the Council, shall be, and he is hereby authorised and empowered to appoint directors on the part of this state, under the act to which this is a supplement. | State debt to appoint director |
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