| CHARLES GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
and by the name aforesaid may sue and be sued, answer and be answered,
in any court of law or equity in this state. |
1818.
CHAP. 52. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the survivor or
survivors of the
persons above named, shall have full power, whenever any one or
more of them shall die or remove from Charles county, or whenever
a vacancy may in any manner occur, to elect by ballot, any
person or persons residing in Charles county, whom they may
judge proper, to fill the vacancy or vacancies so occasioned by removal,
death or resignation, or to elect any additional member or
members, if in their judgment they may think proper so to do;
who, when so elected, shall have all the power and authority, and
stand in the same situation as the persons above named, and hereby
created a body corporate, have by this act. |
Vacancies, how
to be filled. |
3. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said corporation
shall have
full power and authority to make by-laws, rules and regulations, for
the well ordering and conducting of the business of the company, and
of their meetings, the time and place thereof, and to alter, change
and annul the same at their pleasure; and to impose fines and forfeitures
upon the members thereof for the violation of such by-laws,
and to collect such fines and forfeitures by warrant before a single
magistrate; and the said corporation may in their discretion, adopt
and make any device or bearing for their public seal, which, when
so made and devised, shall be affixed to all warrants and official
proceedings, and which, when so affixed, shall be conclusive evidence
of the authenticity of such proceedings, except in cases of
fraud or violence. |
Corporation to
make by-laws, &c. |
4. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said corporation
may purchase
and hold in fee simple, or otherwise, all such land and real estate
suitable for the erection of the necessary works, and that may be
necessary in whole or in part for the proper accomplishment of their
undertaking, and for that purpose may direct, from the usual
course, at such place or places as they shall think fit, the water
flowing from the spring near Port Tobacco, on Edward Pye's land,
commonly called The Mount Spring, on the said corporation's first
obtaining the consent of all persons having any right or interest
in said stream of water so to be diverted, or in the lands through
which such stream or streams may be intended to pass after being so
diverted; and the said corporation shall have full power and authority
to make and lay conduits or pipes for the conveyance of said water
under
ground, and the said conduits or pipes, from time to time, to renew
and repair, and for such purposes to dig, break up and open, at
their own expense, all or any part of land through which the
said pipes are to pass; and shall have full power and authority to
establish and raise reservoirs or hydrants for the distribution of
said water in the public square of said town, or in such parts of the
streets as they may think proper, and to grant to all persons
whomsoever the privilege of using the said water so to be introduced,
in such manner, and on such terms and conditions, and in
such quantities respectively, as they shall think fit; and the sid
waters so to be introduced and distributed, together with all reservoirs,
hydrants, conduits, pipes, engines, building, or machines
whatsoever, to be by them made and used for the purpose of introducing,
raising and distributing said water, to hold to them the sid
corporation, and their successors for ever, as their sole and exclusive
property. |
To hold real estate
for erection
of necessary
works, &c. |
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