1198 ARTICLE 89B.

1935, ch. 330, sec. 77.

87. The Authority shall have the following powers in addition to
others herein granted:

(a) To sue and be sued.

(b) To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure.

(e) To acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property for its
corporate purposes.

(d) To acquire by condemnation in the manner provided by Sections
203 and 204, or by Sections 331 to 336, inclusive, of Article" 23 or by
Article 33A, of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland and any
acts in amendment thereof, supplementary thereto or in substitution there-
for, any real property, including lands, lands under water, fixtures and
improvements, easements, franchises and incorporeal hereditaments, neces-
sary or convenient for its corporate purposes. Any such property may be
acquired by^r condemnation whether or not the same is owned or held for
public use by corporations, associations or persons having the power of
eminent domain or otherwise held or used for public purposes.

(e) To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs,
and subject to agreements with bondholders, for the regulation and use
of the project hereinbefore defined and establishment and collection of tolls
thereon.

(f) To appoint officers, including a treasurer, agents, employees and
legal counsel and fix their compensation.

(g) To make contracts and to execute all instruments necessary or
convenient.

(h) To acquire the bridge franchises of The Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Company, and subject to the rights of The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Com-
pany under its existing franchises, but without any limitations as to the
time of commencement and completion, to construct a bridge over the
Chesapeake Bay from a point in Baltimore County, over and across Hart
and Miller's Islands, to a point near Tolchester, Kent County, Maryland,
together with such incidental bridges and structures as shall be necessary
or convenient in order to give access from the bridge to both of said
islands, and together with the approaches to said bridge.

(i) To acquire the assets and franchises of the Claiborne-Annapolis
Ferry Company.

(j) To maintain, reconstruct and operate the projects.

(k) To charge tolls for the use of the Bridge and the Ferry, subject
to and in accordance with such agreements with bondholders as may be
made as hereinafter provided.

(1) To construct and maintain, over, under, along or across the Bridge
and Approaches, telephone, telegraph or electric wires and cables, gas
mains, water mains and other mechanical equipment not inconsistent with
the appropriate use of the Bridge and Approaches; to contract for such
construction and to lease the right to construct and/or use such equipment
on such terms and for such consideration as it shall determine, provided.