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town or city as shall be necessary or suitable to carry ont the
purposes of said corporation; provided, the assent of the muni-
cipal authorities of the said town or city be first obtained; and
all such works, and the exercise of the powers hereby granted,
shall at all times be subject to such reasonable regulations as said
municipal authorities may from time to time prescribe.

1868, ch. 471, sec. 95.

247. If any corporation formed for the purposes mentioned
in the preceding section, cannot agree with the owner or owners;
of any land or water rights, which such corporation may have
power to acquire for the purpose of laying pipes or constructing-
itw works; or if such owner or owners, or any of them be a feme
covert without power to contract in relation to said property, or
under age, or non compos mentis, or under any other legal disa-
bility, or be absent from the county or city in which the said
property may lie, when the said land or water rights may De--
needed, the corporation may proceed to condemn and acquire the
same in the manner provided for in sections 248 to 253, both,
inclusive, of this article.

Condemnation of Property by Corporations.

1868, ch. 471, sec. 170.

248. If any corporation incorporated under the laws of this;
State, which shall be authorized to acquire by condemnation any
land, earth or stone, or any interest therein, cannot agree with
the owner or owners thereof, or if any of such owners be a feme
sole, and without power to contract in that regard, under age,
non compos mentis, or under any other legal disabilities to con-
tract, or be out of the county in which the property wanted may
lie at the time the same is wanted, then in all such cases appli-
cation may be made by any such corporation to any judge of the.
circuit court for the county in which said land or other materiais
may lie, or to any judge of the supreme bench of Baltimore city,
if the said land or materials lie in the city of Baltimore; and
thereupon the said judge, upon its being made to appear satis-
factorily to him that said land or materials are necessary and.
proper to be condemned for the use of such corporation, shall
issue his warrant, directed to the sheriff of said county or city, as