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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Awarding con
tract.

of said school house by bids in the usual form, awarding the

same to the lowest responsible bidder, provided said bid does

not exceed four hundred and fifty dollars.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1904

CHAPTER 546.

AN ACT to add two additional sections to Article 27 of the

Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Crimes

and Punishments," sub-title "Destroying Property Malic-

iously," to be known as Sections 59C and 59D.

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

Destroying

land, That Article 27 of the Code of Public General Laws

property
maliciously.

of Maryland, title ''Crimes and Punishments," sub-title "De-

stroying Property Maliciously," be and the same is hereby

amended by the addition of two new sections to be inserted

after Section 596, and to be known as Sections 59C and 59D,

and to read as follows :

59C. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to

Destroying or

wrongfully and maliciously connect, disconnect, tap or inter-

tampering
with water

fere or tamper with any of the canals, springs, reservoirs, tun-

meters.

nels, mounds, dams, plugs, mains, pipes, conduits, connections,

taps, valves, engines and machinery belonging to any company

using or engaged in the supplying of water for domestic, agri-

cultural or manufacturing purposes, or either of them ; or to

make any connection with any of such canals, springs, reser-

voirs, tunnels, mounds, dams, plugs, mains, pipes, conduits.

connections, taps, valves, engines and machinery, for the pur-

pose of wasting or using such water, or to in any wise tamper

with any meters used to register the water consumed, unless

such person or persons shall be duly authorized by or be in the

employ of such company ; provided, that nothing in this Act

shall in any way interfere with the lawful supervision and con-

trol of water companies, their canals, springs, reservoirs, tunnels.

mounds, dams, plugs, mains, pipes, conduits, connections, taps,

valves, engines and machinery by the municipalities ; nor shall

Proviso.

anything in this Act interfere with any right now existing

in any municipality to pass ordinances relating to and regu-

lating such water companies.