PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 1653

the City of Baltimore and to prescribe the manner of mak-
ing such contracts.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That if and when a proposition for the introduction of
natural gas into the City of Baltimore and for the supply of
the same to the consumers for a term not exceeding twenty-
five years shall be submitted to the Board of Estimates for
the City of Baltimore, the same shall be by it fully considered.
If and when the said Board of Estimates shall have approved
such proposition or any modification thereof and shall have
entered into an agreement with any corporation either upon
the proposition submitted or otherwise, which it is hereby
authorized to do, the agreement thus reached shall be reduced
to writing and shall thereupon be submitted to the Public
Service Commission of -the State of Maryland for its approval
as to the rates therein prescribed; and as to each and all the
terms, conditions and provisions thereof, and upon such appro-
val by the said Public Service Commission, and not before,
the said agreement shall become binding upon the City of Balti-
more and upon the corporation named in said agreement, on
the further approval of such agreement by Ordinance of the
City Council of Baltimore and the approval of such Ordinance
by the Mayor; and the officials of the City of Baltimore are
thereupon required to duly execute such contract with the cor-
poration therein named for the term of years and in accord-
ance with the rates, terms and conditions therein set forth.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any such agree-
ment may contain such provisions and conditions with respect
to the rates and conditions to consumers for -the supply of arti-
ficial gas, in connection with the provisions for the supply of
natural gas, as shall be approved as above provided.

SEC. 2 1/2. And be it further enacted, That nothing contained
in this act shall limit or authorize any contract that may limit
in any manner the powers of the Public Service Commission
of Maryland.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 15, 1912.