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necessary to the accomplishment of said purposes, and all ex-
penses incident thereto, the said mayor and city council of Balti-
more shall have authority, in the name of the said city, to issue
certificates of debt to be denominated on the face "Baltimore
Water Stock," to an amount not exceeding three millions of
dollars, and bearing interest not exceeding six per cent. per
annum, and to provide by ordinance for the redemption of the
same, at a certain time and under such provisions as the mayor
and city council may deem expedient and proper.

940. The mayor and city council of Baltimore are hereby
authorized to purchase all the property, estates, rights and
privileges of any chartered company authorized to introduce, or
which may hereafter be authorized to introduce, water into said
city, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the mayor and
city council of Baltimore and such corporation or corporations,
in the manner prescribed in their respective charters, or in the
absence of such provisions as shall be agreed upon by the said
mayor and city council of Baltimore and such corporation or cor-
porations, and such corporation is hereby authorized to execute
a conveyance or conveyances to the said mayor and city council
of Baltimore, of all the franchises and property of said cor-
poration, and all such rights, privileges and franchises shall be
vested in the mayor and city council of Baltimore, to be held,
exercised and enjoyed by the said mayor and city council of
Baltimore, as fully in every respect as might or could have
been done by any such corporation or corporations under their
respective charters.

941. It shall not be lawful in making or constructing any dam
at Raven's Rocks to submerge any land to the distance of more
than eighty feet from the present banks of the Gunpowder Palls,
or of its tributaries, unless with the consent of the owner of the
land that shall be submerged.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

942. The mayor and city council shall pass such ordinances
as will make the standard of weights and measures the same in
the city of Baltimore as in the rest of the State.

943. The mayor and city council may regulate and fix the
assize of bread, and regulate and establish the size of bricks that'
are to be used in the houses to be built in said city.