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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 20 STAT. · Jan. 30, 1879 · Chapter 37

Chapter 37.

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CHAP. 37.— An act relating to the National Road in the State of Maryland, and to give consent of the United States to a certain act of the general assembly of Maryland in relation to said road. Jan. 30, 1879. *Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the consent of the UnitedNational Road in Maryland. States shall be, and is hereby, given to an act of the general assembly of the State of Maryland, passed at the January session, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, chapter one hundred and fifty-eight, entitled “An act to transfer to the counties of Allegany and Garrett the control of the National Turnpike or United States Road through said counties, and to provide for the maintenance thereof”: *Provided,* That*Proviso*. this consent shall have no effect in respect of creating or recognizing any duty or liability whatever on the part of the United States.
Sec. 2, That this act shall take effect from and after the date of its passage. Approved, January 30, 1879.
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