JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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Sec. 3. Said corporation is hereby authorized and empow-
ered to lay, construct and build lines or conductors under,
along, upon or over the streets, squares, lanes, alleys, roads
and ways, paved or unpaved, of any of the counties of this
State, and to connect the same with any manufactory, public
or private buildings, lamps or other structures or objects, and
with the place of supply, and also with any line or lines
authorized to be erected in the District of Columbia or in the
State of Virginia, subject, however, to any laws or ordinances
that may be passed by the municipal authorities of the cities,
towns or counties having jurisdiction over said streets,
squares, lanes, alleys, roads and ways, for the filling up,
repairing or restoring such streets, squares, lanes, alleys,
roads and ways to their normal condition.

Authority to
construct and
build, etc.

Sec. 3A. And be it further enacted, That said corporation is
hereby authorized and empowered by a vote of the majority, in
interest of its capital stock actually issued and outstanding at
such time or times, to contract with any domestic or foreign
corporation or corporations for a consideration, merger, lease,
purchase or sale, and to do all matters and acts, deeds and
things which shall be necessary or expedient to accomplish
such object, and when so accomplished, all of the assets,
rights, franchises and properties of every kind and descrip-
tion whatsoever shall be and become the assets, rights, fran-
chises and properties of the company so resulting from said
consolidation, lease, merger or otherwise, as fully and to all
intents and purposes as if the powers herein conferred had
been expressly granted to such consolidated or merged com-
pany; and the power to consolidate, merge, lease, purchase,
sell or otherwise contract with the said company is hereby
expressly given to any domestic or foreign corporation or cor-
porations incorporated for purposes not inconsistent with the
objects of the Great Falls Power Company.

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

Approved April 7, 1900.

CHAPTER 246.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections
two and three of Chapter five hundred and ten of the Acts
of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled "An Act to
Incorporate the Continental Trust Company."

Authorized
to consolidate
with other
corporations,
etc.