3142 ARTICLE 14.

1922, ch. 469, sec. 14.

345. All individuals, firms and corporations having buildings, con-
duits, pipes, tracks, or other physical obstructions in, over or under the
public roads, streets or adleys of the town of Sykesville, which shall block
or impede the progress of the town's water or sewerage system, while in
process of construction, shall, upon reasonable notice from the Mayor and
Council, promptly so shift, adjust, accommodate or remove the same, at
their own cost and expense as to fully meet the exigencies occasioning
such notice; and should the exigencies of any case involve the taking, in
the constitutional sense, of the franchise or right in the exercise of which
such construction had its origin, the Mayor and 'Council shall be empow-
ered to condemn an easement in said franchise or right. Every public
service corporation, company or individual, before it or they shall begin
any underground construction in any street, road, alley or public high-
way within the town of Sykesville, shall file with the Mayor and Council
a plan of such construction showing the location and depth in such street,
road, alley or public highway of the proposed main, conduit or pipe;
which plans must be approved by the Mayor and Council before any con-
struction is begun; and when approved no change shall be made in the
physical location of anything shown upon said plan except upon the
approval of the Mayor and Council. Whenever amy such underground
main, conduit or pipe is put in without the filing of plans with the Mayor
and Council and the approval thereof, or when any change is made in
the physical location of such underground main, conduit or pipe, as
shown upon the plans approved by the Mayor and Council, or any ap-
proved change therein, the Mayor and Council, when such conduit, main
or pipe interferes with the construction or operation of its water and
sewer systems, remove the same or change the location thereof at the cost
and expense of the party so putting them in, or its successors, and without
any liability upon the part of the Mayor and Council for damage that
might be done to the same by reason of the Mayor and Council's operations
in constructing or maintaining its systems. Any violation of the pro-
visions of this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable under Section
400 of this sub-title.

1922, ch. 469, sec. 15.

346. Whenever it shall be deemed necessary by the Mayor and Council
to take or acquire any land, structures or buildings, or any stream-bed,
water-way, water rights or water shed, either in fee or as an easement,
within the town of Sykesville, for the construction, extension or mainte-
nance of any water main, sewer, or appurtenance thereof, or for any
sewage disposal plant, reservoir, water purification plant, tank or pump-
ing station, the Mayor and Council may purchase the same from the
owners.