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James William McCulloh,. Esq.. Offered the following. preamble and

resolution: Whereas, the assent of this company has been given to the act of the General Assembly of Maryland,. entitled ..An act to provide for the continuation of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road to Harpe..-s Ferry, and for other purposes, •-and it is deemed expedient to comer on the President and Directors of this Company full power and authority to make any agreement with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company which they may think useful and proper for the commutation of the damages which the latter Co�pa'!}f might sustain during the construction and graduation or the said .road or -any part thereof, between said p_laces, and for post�oning_ the further construction of the said road above said Ferry in the VaDey of the Potomac rive._-, and _general�y for carrying into effect the provisions of the said act in such modified form as may be agreed upon by the said company and the President and Directors aforesaid, and especially so as to avoid subscribing on the part of this Company to the stock of the Canal Company, therefore, be it resolved, That the President and Directors of this company shall be and they are hereby clothed with full power and authority to make and execute on the part of this corporation such agreement in the premises as to them shall seem expedient and proper. Which were unanimously adopted. James William Mcculloh, Esq. offered the following resolutions: Resolved, That this company accept the act of assembly passed at the session aforesaid, entitled a further supplement to an act, entitled an act ·to promote internal improvement by the construction of a Rail Road from Baltimore to the city of Washington, passed at December session 1830,• and that public interest, and especially the interest of the cities of Washington and Baltimore will be greatly promoted by the early construction of the proposed road between these two cities. Resolved, That the President and Directors be and they are hereby authorized to subscribe to all such portions of stock necessary to complete the said road from Baltimore to the city of Washington as may remain unsubscribed by corporations or individuals; and to borrow from time to time any sum or sums of money which may be necessary to enable them to pay 3