JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

franchises to individuals or corporations within the limits o
said town for all proper purposes, to be known as Sections
196A, 196B and 196C.

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196A. Be it enacted, That the Mayor and Town Coun-
cil of the town of Oakland shall have full power and
authority to contract with or grant unto any other cor-
porate body, individuals or partnership the right of
franchise within the limits of said town for the purpose
of operating a passenger railway, water works, or the
operation of electric light plant, the granting of said
franchises to be regulated by the ordinances of said Mayor
and Town Council, and they are hereby empowered to pass
all such ordinances as may be necessary to put in operation
the provisions of this statute, and also to grant, by ordinances
or otherwise, the right to lay conduits or water mains
through the streets of said town, and authority is hereby
given said Mayor and Town Council to condemn private
property, if the same should become necessary for the opera-
tion of the aforesaid franchises; said condemnation proceed-
ing to be in accordance with the laws of the State of Mary-
land as now in force, and also to construct, purchase and
operate an electric light plant or water works for the benefit
of the town whenever in their judgment the interest of said
town demands the same, and they shall have power to pass
all such ordinances as may be necessary to carry into effect
the last provision of this section.

Authority
to contract for
operating pas-
senger Rail-
way, water
works, etc.

196B. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Town Council of the town of Oakland shall have full power
and authority to contract with corporations, partnerships or
individuals for the purchase and supplying of incandescent
light.

196C. And be it further enacted, That all laws inconsistent
with these provisions are hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 5, 1900.

CHAPTER 157.

AN ACT to incorporate the Annapolis Banking and Trust
Company.

Incandescent
lights.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Marv-
land, That E. A. Seidewitz, Elijah Williams, A. E. Ohr,
M. M. Smith, Geo. Wells, B. F. Crouse, Geo. W. Albaugh,
Charles Du Boise and F. E. Cunningham and their asso-

Annapolis
Banking and
Trust Co.