American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-03-13

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CHESAPEAKE AND Ono CANAL. The Ma
tional InteIigencer of yesterday contains a co
py of the act just passed by the legislature fol
the completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Ca
nal to Cumberland.
The first section authorizes the company to
issue bonds to the amount of 81, 100, 900, and
to contract for completing the work to Cumber.
land-the completion of the Canal to that poin,
to be fully secured in the contract, to the salts
faction of the States agents.
Section second prescrbes the mode in which
in which the bonds shall be issued--the inter-
est they shall bear-the period of redemption
(35 years. makes them preferred lens-cx-
empts the State from responsibility for them
and authorizes the company to keep the Canal
in repair.
Section third prohibits the sale or use Of said
bonds at a less rate than the par value thereof;
and forbds their being issued until one or more
ofthe incorporated companies of Alegany CO.,
orindividuals, shall have secured to the satisfac-
ton of majority the States agents, can az
gregate transportation on the entire length be-
tween Cumberland and the District of Colum-
bia, on said Canal, ofnot less than 1876 900 tons
Of tonnage per year, on an average of years for
five years, dating from the end of six months
after the said Canal shall have been completed
TO Cumberland, and tho navigation opened to
that point"
Section four valves the States liens in favor
of said bonds.
Section five requires the semi annual pay.
ment of interest-the payr' = # $4,000 to the
creditors ofthe Potomac Uonpany-and the de-
post with the State treasurer of S25, 900 year
as a sinking fund, SC.
Section six authorizes the president and d.
rectors to execute any deed, mortgage, or 9th
er instrument of writing, that may hereafter be
deemed necessary or expedient to give the full
est effect to the foregoing provisions"
Section seven requires the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal company to execute to the State Of
Maryland ga further mortgage on the said Ca
nal, its lands, tolls and revenues, subject to the
liens and pledges made or created by this act,
as an additional security for the loan land in
terest) made at December session, 1884, chap
ter PAL.
Section eight requires an annual report to be
transmitted to the Governor.
Section nine provides that this act shall not
be in force until the Chesapeake and Ohio Ca
nal company, in general meeting of the stock
holders, shall approve the provisions ofthis act
and communicate such approval TO the treasur-
er Of the Western Shore, under their corporate
seal and signature.
Section ten and last-''That nothing herein
contained shall prevent the State from redeem
ing the bonds and the interest thereon autho-
rized to be issued by this act, if at any time
hereafter the Legislature may deem it expedi-
ent or best for the interest oftho State to do so"
CASE OF McCURRY-Gui of Murder in the
First Degree! The trial of Henry McCurry,
charged with the murder of Paul Roux, was
brought to close yesterday afternoon about
o'clk, when the case was submitted to the Jury,
who after ali absence of an hour and half
returned with a verdict of Guilty ofm,rder in
the first degree" This verdict, it will be uni
versally admitted, is righteous one. The
murder was committed under highly aggra-
waiting circumstances, while an unbroken chain
of evidence showed conclusively that it was
committed by McCurry
Burrows THEATRE, FRoNT-sT. For the
first time in this city, Mr.. Burton will appear
tonight in his unrivalled character of Sam
Slap, in the highly coored and exciting drama
of "Three Degrees of Loadng," which has
had in London, and our Northern theatres, the
most astounding run. The fairy tale of en-
chantlnent of the "Yellow Dwarf will also
be played. Go early and secure your seats
for, like the Phoenix, the inimtable Burton has
arisen from The ashes, and makes his first bow
to his Baltimore friends since his late disaster
in Washington