E. LOUIS LOWE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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jury shall reduce their inquisition to writing, and
shall sign and seal the same, and it shall then be
returned by said sheriff to the clerk of the circuit court
of Allegany county, and by him filed in his court, and
shall be confirmed by said court at its next session, if no
sufficient cause to the contrary be shown, and when
confirmed shall be recorded by said clerk at the expense
of said company; but if set aside the said court
may direct another inquisition to be taken in the manner
above prescribed, and such inquisition shall describe
the property taken or the bounds of lands condemned,
and the quantity or duration of the interest in the same
valued for the company, and such valuation when paid
or tendered to the owner or owners of said property or
his, her or their legal representatives, shall entitle the
said company to the estate and interest in the same
thus valued, as fully as if it had been conveyed by the
owner or owners of the same, and the valuation, if not
received when tendered may at any time thereafter be
received from the company without costs by the said
owner or owners or his, her or their legal representative
or representatives.
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Inquisition to
be returned to
clerk of Circuit
court,
and by him
recorded.
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SEC. 13. And be it enacted,
That said company
shall have full power and authority to make and lay
conduits or tunnels for the conveyance of said water
under, along the streets, lanes, alleys and side pavements
or any of them, of the town of Frostburg for the
purpose of conveying and distributing said water, and
the said conduits or tunnels from time to time to renew
and repair, leaving at the same time as sufficient passage
for carriage, horses or foot passengers as the case
may be and forthwith restoring to their former condition
all such streets, lanes, alleys and side pavements
as may at any time be dug, opened or taken up.
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Authority to
lay conduits.
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SEC. 14. And be it enacted,
That the said company
shall have full power to establish reservoirs and public
fountains as such parts of the said streets and squares
of the said town as they may think proper and to grant
to all persons whomsoever, and to all bodies corporate
and politic the privilege of using said water, to be introduced
as aforesaid in such manner and upon such
terms as they shall think fit.
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Power to establish
reservoirs.
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SEC. 15. And be it enacted,
That if it shall be
found that the said capital be insufficient to effect the object
intended, the said president and directors are and
shall be authorised to increase the same by subscription
in the same manner and upon the terms hereinbefore
prescribed for the reception of subscription; Provided,
that the said capital shall not be increased, so as
to exceed thirty thousand dollars.
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May increase
capital.
Proviso.
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