EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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porations ; or so far as the acquisition by condemnation of

any such land or property situated wholly or partly within the

City of Baltimore, or any interest, franchise, easement, right or

privilege therein is concerned, may in any case or cases, at the

option of said commission, be such as may now or at any time

hereafter be provided for by any lawful ordinance or ordi-

nances of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, adopted

pursuant to the powers conferred upon it by Section 6 of

Article 4, entitled "City of Baltimore," of the Code of Public

Local Laws of Maryland, title "General Powers," sub-title

"Condemnation of Property," for the condemnation of any

land or property or interest therein, situated wholly or partly

within the City of Baltimore, or such as may be provided for

the very purpose by any lawful ordinance or ordinances of the

Mayor and City Council of Baltimore; which said ordinance

or ordinances the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore is here-

by fully authorized to adopt; provided, provision is made therein

for reasonable notice to the owner or owners, and for appeals

to the Baltimore City Court, including the right of appeal to

Right of ap-

the Court of Appeals, by any person interested, including the

peal.

Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, from the decision of

any Commissioners or other persons appointed to value any

such land or property, or interest, franchise, easement, right

or privilege therein.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That all individuals and corpora-

tions lawfully having buildings, structures, works, conduits,

mains, pipes, tracks or other physical obstructions in, over or

Obstructions
to a sewerage

under the public lanes, avenues, streets, alleys or highways

system.

of the City of Baltimore, which shall block or impede the pro-

gress of said sewerage system, when in process of construction

and establishment, shall, upon reasonable notice from said com-

mission, promptly so shift, adjust, accommodate or remove the

same, at their own cost and expense, as to fully meet the exi-

gencies occasioning such notice ; and if any such individual

or corporation shall refuse, neglect or fail after such reason-

able notice to discharge any duty cast upon him or it by this

section, he or it shall, in addition to but not in substitution

for any other remedy or remedies that said commission or the

Mayor and City Council of Baltimore may have in the prem-

ises, be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars for each and

every offense, and also to an additional fine of fifty dollars a

day for every day that said refusal, neglect or failure shall

continue; said fines to be collected as other fines in the City

of Baltimore are collected; and should the exigencies of said

commission and its work in any case involve a taking, in the