130 CORPORATIONS. [ART. 23

lines within the limits of the State, shall, at any time hereafter
neglect or refuse to furnish the equipment and service mentioned
in this proviso to any person or corporation entitled thereto
under the terms of the sections of this article enumerated in
said proviso, the said individual, company or corporation so
refusing or neglecting, and the officers or agents of any such
company or corporation, and the agents of every such individual,
shall be liable to indictment therefor, and upon conviction there-
of shall be fined for each offence not less than fifty dollars, nor
more than two hundred dollars, in the discretion of the court;
and provided also that any person entitled to telephone service
under the provisions of said sections 232 A to 232 F, (both inclu-
sive, ) but no other person, shall have the right and privilege to
use, without extra charge, any other telephone equipment, with
the consent of the subscriber to the last mentioned equipment,
and any individual, company or corporation, or the officers and
agents of any such company or corporation, and the agents of
every such individual refusing or neglecting to allow such right
or privilege, shall be liable to indictment, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined for each offence not less than fifty dollars
nor more than two-hundred dollars, in the discretion of the
court.

1894, ch. 207.

232 G. There shall be appointed by the Governor three per-
sons, citizens of the State of Maryland, who shall serve with-
out pay, and shall be styled "Telephone Commissioners, " who
shall have the powers and discharge the duties hereinafter men-
tioned, that is to say: they shall, by a full and thorough investi-
gation, ascertain the amount expended by the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company, or the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company of Baltimore City in the acquisition of the
rights of way and other easements, now held by either of said
companies in the State of Maryland, and the amount expended
in the construction of plant, equipment and works now owned by
them or either of them, and used in connection with the tele-
phone business in said State of Maryland; and also the cost of
furnishing in the city of Baltimore and other places in said
State said telephone service, both that known as the ordinary or