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of the time and place, of subscribing such additional stock as provided in the preceding sections.
SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That so soon as the said company shall be organized by the election of its directors and president as hereinbefore provided, it shall be lawful for the said company and it is hereby authorized to proceed to lay or cause to be laid along and under the streets, squares, lanes, alleys, roads and highways of Baltimore county, paved or unpaved within a limit of four miles from the present northern boundary of the City of Baltimore, such and as many pipes as may be necessary to carry the gas from their manufactories which they are hereby authorized to establish and carry on within said county, and also to supply with light any dwelling house or other building or place whatever belonging to any indi- vidual or individuals or corporation adjacent to any such street, square, lane, alley, road or highway in and along which the said pipes shall be so laid, and the same from time to time to repair, renew or re-	Shall be law- ful.
move; provided always that the said company shall not in any manner injure or displace any of the pipes laid or to be laid for purposes of supplying water to said district of said county or any of the pipes then or thereafter laid by any other gas com- pany incorporated under the laws of this State, with power to lay pipes in said district, and provided also, the company hereby incorporated shall immediately after laying, repairing or removing any pipes as aforesaid, and always within two days after being thereto required by the proper authorities of said district or part thereof, cause to be filled up, repaired and repaved at the expense of said company, every such street or part of a street, square, lane, alley, road or highway as the company may find it necessary to dig or unpave for the purpose of laying, altering, repairing, renewing or removing any pipe or pipes aforesaid, and for any neglect or delay in the premi- ses for the space of forty-eight hours after notice as	Proviso.
aforesaid, the said company shall be liable for dam- ages to be recovered before any justice of the peace for said county in said district in such amount as the nature of the case may warrant.	Liable.