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was formed. And shall also have power to lay pipes and con-
struct all such other works as shall be necessary or suitable to
carry out the purposes of said corporation; provided, the
assent of the municipal authorities of any incorporated town
or city in which the operations of said corporation may be
carried on shall be first had and obtained, or if the operations
of any,such company shall be earned on in any county outside
of an incorporated town or city, the assent of the county com-
missioners of said county shall be first had and 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 or said county commissioners, as the
case may be, may from time to time prescribe; but nothing in
this section shall authorize the incorporation of water com-
panies in the city of Baltimore.
Moores v. Belair Water and Light Co , 79 Md. 393.

1888, art 23, sec. 247. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 95.

359. 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 its 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 disability, or be absent from the county or city in
which the said property may lie when the said land or water
rights may be needed, the corporation may proceed to condemn
and acquire the same in the manner provided for in sections
360 to 365, both inclusive, of this article.

Condemnation of Property by Corporations.

Ibid. sec. 246. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 170.

360. 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 disa-
bilities to contract, 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 application may be made by any such corpo-
ration to any judge of the circuit court for the county in which