HOWARD COUNTY. 3089

1924, ch. 404, sec. 12.

190. 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 City of Ellicott City, which shall block or
impede the progress of the water supply of the Commissioners of Ellicott
City, while in the process of construction and establishment shall, upon
reasonable notice from said Commissioners of Ellicott City, promptly
so shift, adjust, accommodate or remove the same, the reasonable cost
thereof to be borne by the Commissioners of Ellicott City, as to fully
meet the exigencies occasioning the said notice, and should the exigencies
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, then the
Commissioners of Ellicott City shall be empowered to condemn an ease-
ment in said franchise or right. Any violation of the provisions of this
Section shall be a misdemeanor, punishable under Section 192 of this
Article.

1924, ch. 404, sec. 13.

191. Whenever it shall be deemed necessary by the Commissioners of
Ellicott City to take or acquire any land, structures or buildings, or any
stream bed, water way, water right or water shed, either in fee or as an
easement, within or outside of the corporate limits of Ellicott City, for
the construction, alteration, extension or maintenance of any water main
or appurtenance thereof, or for any reservoir, water purification plant,
tank or pumping station, the Commissioners of Ellicott City may pur-
chase the same from the owner, or failing to agree with the owner or
owners thereof, may condemn the same by proceedings in the Circuit
Court for Howard County, as now provided for condemnation of land by
public service corporations in the Code of Public General Laws of Mary-
land, and said Commissioners may likewise condemn the interest of any
tenant, lessee, or other person having an interest in said land, structures
or buildings, stream bed, water way, water right or water shed, and at
any time after ten days after the return and recordation of the verdict or
award in said proceedings, the said Commissioners may enter and take
possession of the property so condemned, upon first paying to the Clerk
of the Court the amount of said award and all costs taxed to date, not-
withstanding any appeal or further proceeding upon the part of the De-
fendant. At the time of said payment, however, they shall give their
corporate undertaking to abide by and fulfill any judgment on such ap-
peal or further proceeding.

1924, ch. 404, sec. 14.

192. 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 Howard County, and shall be brought
by warrant or indictment upon the oath or information of any member
of said Commissioners of Ellicott City, or any employee thereof, and the