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such land, property or thing, or interest, franchise, easement, right or
privilege therein; but so far as the acquisition by condemnation of any
land, or property, or thing situated within Baltimore County, or within
any other county of this State, or of any interest, franchise, easement,
right, or privilege therein is concerned the procedure shall be that marked
out by Section 6 of Article 4, entitled "City of Baltimore," of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "General Powers," sub-title
"Water," but nothing in this Act is to be taken as depriving the Mayor

and City Council of Baltimore, of any powers of condemnation now vested
in it by law not inconsistent with the provisions of this section.

1908. ch. 214, sec. 4.

826E. Except as hereinafter provided, that all work done or supplies
of materials purchased, in carrying out the purposes of this Act, when
involving an expenditure of five hundred dollars or more shall be by con-
tract, awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 14 and 15 of Article 4, entitled "City of Baltimore,"

of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, or any amendment, or
amendments, thereof, or supplement, or supplements, thereto.

1908. ch. 214. sec. 5.

826F. That the powers, by this Act conferred upon the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, are intended to be in addition to, and not to
"be in substitution for, any power heretofore conferred by law upon it, in
relation to the municipal water supply of Baltimore City, except where
inconsistent therewith.

1908, ch. 214, sec. 6.

826G. That the said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, shall at
all times during the progress of said work, and all parts thereof, at its
own expense, maintain an efficient police service for the purpose of pre-
serving the public peace, protecting property and preventing crime within
the territory occupied or used by it or its employes in the prosecution of
said work, or by the employes of contractors or sub-contractors engaged
on such work; the officers so employed by said city, to have the power
to make arrests of persons offending within such territory anywhere in
Baltimore County, or elsewhere in the State; such offenders shall be tried
in Baltimore County, and in the event of conviction and imposition of a
jail sentence, whether by the Criminal Court, or by the Justices of the
Peace having jurisdiction, shall be committed to the Baltimore City Jail
instead of to the county jail; and, in all such cases, the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore shall reimburse Baltimore County for all costs and
expenses actually incurred by it, including the sum of thirty cents per
day for every person committed for trial to Baltimore County Jail, in
proceedings against and the trial and commitment of, such offenders,
court costs to be pro-rated by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore
County, upon the basis of time actually consumed in such trials or other