CECIL COUNTY. 1983

of the said Maryland Water Company of Cecil County, or the building of
a new system of waterworks, the said President and Commissioners of the
town of Elkton are hereby fully authorized by ordinance to provide for
operating, improving and managing said water system, and to regulate
the charges to be made for furnishing water to persons, firms and corpora-
tions using the same.

1910, ch. 368, sec. 7 (p. 731).

209B. Should the voters of said election declare in favor of issuing
said electric light bonds, then the said President and Commissioners of
the town of Elkton shall at once proceed to erect a suitable plant for the
manufacture of electric light, for the lighting of, said town, and for the
supplying of the same to the inhabitants thereof, and to that end are
hereby fully authorized to purchase the necessary land and erect the
necessary buildings and generally to do all things necessary to have a
complete electric system for said town and the inhabitants thereof, with
full power to operate the same; the said President and Commissioners
of the Town of Elkton are fully authorized by ordinance to provide for
operating, improving and managing said electric light plant, and to regu-
late the charges to be made for furnishing light to persons, firms and
corporations using the same.*

FENCES.

P. L. L.. 1888. Art. 8, sec. 155. 1860, Art. 8, sec. 96. 1890, ch. 301, sec. 155.
1904, ch. 400, sec. 155.

210. When the lands of any two persons adjoin, or when the lands of
any person adjoins the lands of any corporation or lands over which any
corporation has a right of way, each of them shall make and maintain one-
half of the whole length of the line fence between them, and if either of
said persons or said corporation shall fail or neglect to make his, her or
its proportion of said fence, or to keep or put the same in good repair
within thirty days after he, she or it has been notified and requested to do
so in writing, then the party making said requests may make or repair
said fence at the expense of the party or corporation so neglecting or re-
fusing, and may recover his costs and expenses in the same manner as
other debts.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 8, sec. 156. 1860, Art. 8, sec. 97. 1890, ch. 301, sec. 156.
1904, ch. 400, sec. 156.

211. Should any person or corporation wish to fence in any land which
has hitherto been unenclosed, after having built his proportion of said
fence, he shall give to the party or corporation whose lands adjoins his
land, notice in writing that the party or corporation must erect their pro-
portion of said fence within thirty days, and if the parties so notified shall

*The other sections of ch. 358, 1910, authorized $50,000 of bonds for water and
light plant, subject to approval of voters.