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 canal exceeded three and one-half millions. The consternation aroused by this report can be imagined. Many felt that Maryland had been deceived and imposed upon. But the friends of internal improvements arose to the occasion. Meetings were held up and down the state. The canal and rail road people united hands which formerly had been clinched in threatening attitude, and on June 3, 1835, the Maryland Legislature passed the famous "Eight Million Dollar Bill." Its items were as follows:

As it stood the bill was a great victory for the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road interests, as one of its most important pro-