5118 ARTICLE 23.

of said Commission just as though they were connected with the system
to be constructed by the Commission hereunder, and this Act and all parts
thereof shall in like manner and extent apply to and affect the same, or
the Commission may require such system or partial system, or water
mains, sewers or drains to be connected with its general system of water
supply, sewerage or drainage, and shall prescribe the annual charge to be
paid by the owner for such connections; or the Commission, if it finds that
such existing water mains, sewers or drains are in any way unsuitable for
incorporation with the system under its control, or if it cannot make agree-
ments which it deems satisfactory for effecting such incorporation, shall
disregard the existence of such water mains, sewers or drains and construct
its own water mains, sewers or drains in the territory served by said exist-
ing water mains, sewers or drains, and shall require all properties within
said territory to be connected with the system built by the Commission.
Before any existing water supply, sewerage or drainage system, water
main, sewer, or drain or appurtenance thereof or connection therewith, is
connected with the system controlled by the Commission, the owner of
said existing water supply, sewerage or drainage system, water main, sewer
or drain, or appurtenance thereof or connection therewith, shall make such
changes in or repairs to it as the Commission may deem necessary to put
it in proper shape for connection with the system built by the Commission,
unless such system, main, sewer or drain shall have been acquired by the
Commission.

1924, ch. 494, sec. 8.

328. All individuals, firms or corporations lawfully having buildings,
structures, works, conduits, mains, pipes or other physical obstructions in,
over or under the public lanes, avenues, streets, alleys or highways in the
City of Salisbury, which shall block or impede the progress of the Com-
mission's water mains, sewers or drains, when in process of construction
and establishment, shall, upon reasonable notice from said Commission,
promptly so shift, adjust, accommodate or remove the same, as to fully
meet the exigencies occasioning such notice; and should the exigencies
of said work in any case involve a taking, in the constitutional sense, of
the franchise or right in the exercise of which such obstruction had its
origin, or of the property subject thereto, the Commission shall be em-
powered, through the Mayor and Council of Salisbury, to secure the con-
demnation of such franchise or right and of the property subject thereto;
provided, nothing in this section shall affect in any manner the rights now
exercised under the franchises held by the several public service corpora-
tions operating under franchises held by them from the Mayor and Coun-
cil of Salisbury, unless the owner thereof shall consent thereto, or unless
taken by condemnation as hereinbefore provided.

1924, ch. 494, sec. 9.

329. The Commission may enter upon any county street, road or alley,
or any public highway other than State highway, for the purpose of in-
stalling, maintaining and operating the water supply, sewerage and drain-