ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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CHAPTER 588.

AN ACT to repeal section one hundred and eleven, of article

twenty-three, of the Code of Public General Laws, relating to

electric light companies, and to re-enact the same in an

amended form.

SECTION 1. Se it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That section one hundred and eleven, of article twenty-three, of

Repeal.

the Code of Public General Laws, relating to electric light com-

panies, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to

read as follows :

SEC. 111. Any.electric light company formed under this article

shall have full power to manufacture and sell and to furnish such

quantities of electric light or electric power as may be required or

desired in any city or town of Kent, Talbot, Somerset or Carroll

counties of this State in which, or adjoining which the same may
be located, for lighting the streets, roads, public or private build-

Electric
Light Cos.

ings, or for motive power or other purposes, and such corporation

is hereby authorized aud empowered to lay, construct or build

lines or conductors, under, along, upon or over bhe streets, squares,

lanes, alleys and roads, paved or unpaved and connect the same

with any manufactory, public or private buildings, lamps or other

structure or objects, and with the place of supply, subject,

however, to any law or ordinance that may be passed by the

municipal authorities of the city or town or the county commis-

sioners having jurisdiction for the filling up, repairing or restor-

ing such streets or roads to their normal condition; but nothing

franchises

in this article shall authorize the incorporation of electric light

companies for the purpose of carrying on business or couducting

operations in Baltimore city.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from

Effective.

the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1890.

CHAPTER 589.

AN ACT to protect birds and game and prevent trespassing with

dog or gun on private property in Somerset county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,

That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons in Somerset

county, to shoot, kill, catch or entrap in anyway, any partridges
or quail in said county, between the first day of March and the

Game.

first day of November in each and every year; nor any wild

ducks between the first day of April and the first day of October