CARROLL COUNTY. 1807

before being torn up, and that all costs incident thereto shall be borne by
the Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy.

1924, ch. 126, sec. 14.

255. Any employee or agent of the said Mayor and Council of Mt.
Airy shall have the right of entry, at all reasonable hours, upon any
private premises and into any building in the town of Mt. Airy while in
the pursuit of his official duties, and any restraint or hindrance offered
to such entrance by any owner or tenant, or agent of said owner or tenant,
shall be a misdemeanor, punishable under Section 257 of this subtitle.

1924, ch. 126, sec. 15.

256. Any individual, firm or corporation having buildings, conduits,
pipes, tracks or other physical constructions in, over or under the public
roads, streets, or alleys of the town of Mt. Airy, which shall block or
impede the progress of the water supply system of the Mayor amd Council
of Mt. Airy, while in the process of construction and establishment shall,
upon reasonable notice from said Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy prompt-
ly so shift, adjust, accommodate or remove the same, at their own cost
and expense, as to fully meet the exigencies occasioning the said notice,
and should the exigences of any case involve a taking, in the constitutional
sense, of the franchise or right in the exercise of which such obstruction
had its origin, the Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy shall be empowered
to condemn an easement in said franchise or right. Any violation of the
provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor, punishable under Sec-
tion 257 of this subtitle.

192'4, ch. 126, sec. 16.

257. Every act or omission designated as a misdemeanor in this Act,
unless otherwise provided, shall be punishable before any Justice of the
Peace, or the Circuit Court for Carroll County, and shall be brought by
warrant or indictment upon the oath or information of any member of
said Mayor and Council of Mt, Airy or any employee thereof, and the
offender shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars or 30 days in the county jail, or both, in the discretion
of the court. Where such act or omission is of a continuous nature and
is persisted in, in violation of the provisions of this Act, or any rule or
regulation formulated thereunder, a conviction for one offense shall not
be a bar to a conviction for a continuation of such offense subsequent to
the first or any succeeding conviction.

1924, ch. 126, sec. 17.

258. At any time the Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy deems it advis-
able, advantageous or necessary to use water from any other source to
augment their supply, it may contract with any party or parties who can
furnish such water, after first getting the approval of the Maryland State
Department of Health and the Public Service Commission of Maryland,
and any and all payments to be made to such party or parties for such water