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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Subscrip-

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the president and directors

tions to
stock.

for the time being of said company shall have the power to

call for the payment of subscriptions to the capital stock as they

may deem necessary under the penalty of the stockholders for-

feiting all previous payment, upon thirty days' notice being

given.

Liable for it;
debts.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the stock of said company

shall be deemed personal and shall be liable for its debts ; that

the stockholders individually shall not be liable therefor, and a

service of any judicial process on the president will be sufficient

on the company.

General pow-

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That said company shall have the

ers given.

power to lay its tubes and paraphernalia and equipment through

the public streets, avenues, roads, lanes, alleys or highways in

any county, city or town, having first obtained the consent of

said county, city or town's proper municipal authority ; and in

case said company shall require and not be able to agree with

the owner or owners of land, buildings or water rights for the

use of any land or ways required for the purposes aforesaid of

this company, and in case the owner or owners aforesaid shall

be under any disability or absent, the said company will proceed

to condemn and acquire the same in the manner described and

provided in Sections 228 to 25-1, inclusive, of Article 23 of the

Public General Laws, provided, however, that nothing in this

Act shall be construed as contrary to the provisions of Article

4, Code of Public Local Laws, title "City of Baltimore." sub-

title "Charter," as enacted by Chapter 123, Acts of 1898.

Restrictions.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That nothing in this Act shall per-

mit the manufacturing or sale of gas for heat or illuminating'

purposes, or the generation of electric power in Baltimore City

or Baltimore County.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 12, 1904.

CHAPTER 397.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the Board of Public Works

to advertise for proposals and to enter into a contract for

such supplies, stationery, blank books and materials of a like

character as may be needed by the Court of Appeals and

Library of the State, the Executive Department, the General

Assembly of Maryland for the year during which the same

may be in session.

Board of Pub

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

lic Works
to advertise

land, That the Board of Public Works be and it is hereby au-

for bids on

thorized, on or before the first day of July in each and every

stationery
etc.

year, to advertise for ten successive days in three daily news-

papers published in the City of Baltimore, and having, as nearly

as said Board may be able to ascertain, the largest circulation,