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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the peace of said county, and the parties interested in the
exercise of the powers under Section three of this Act;
and the said inquisition shall be returned by the sheriff to the
Clerk of the Court, which may be named in the warrant of the
justice of the peace, and the said courts may confirm said
inquisition at any time after the return of said inquisition to
the Clerk of said Court, if no sufficient cause to the contrary
be shown, but fifteen days after each return shall be allowed
in which to file objections to the confirmation of any such
inquisition; provided, however, that said corporation shall in
all respects be subject to the provisions of Chapter one hundred
and twenty-three, of the Acts of the General Assembly of
eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and all ordinances passed
by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore in conformity
therewith, and shall be subject to the control in every respect
to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, in so far as its
operation may be carried on in the City of Baltimore, and
nothing herein contained shall be construed to the contrary.

May
hold stock
of other
corporations.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for said
company to own and hold the stock of any corporation of
Pennsylvania or Delaware, chartered for the purpose of the
supply, storage or transportation of water, water power or
electricity for commercial or manufacturing purposes, and it
may acquire or possess by lease, purchase, merger, consolida-
tion or othewise, the property and franchise of any such cor-
poration in such manner and form, and to such extent as may
at present or hereafter be authorized by the laws of the State
to which such foreign corporation may belong, and it may
enter into any agreement with any such corporation deemed
for the common benefit of both and the promotion of the objects
and purposes of their incorporation.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
on the first day of March, nineteen hundred and one.

Approved April 5, 1900.

CHAPTER 249.
AN ACT to provide for fixing license and penalties for
hucksters, dealers, brokers or middlemen of unbaled hay,
unbaled straw and ear corn by the wagon load in Baltimore
City.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That any person or persons desiring to engage in the
business of huckstering, hawking or peddling unbaled hay,