WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1433

SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That in addition
to the powers conferred upon "The Commissioners of
Templeville", by laws heretofore passed, The Commission-
ers of Templeville shall have power to contract with any
firm, corporation, individual or group of individuals for
such period of time as The Commissioners of Templeville
may by ordinance provide for the introduction into the
town of Templeville of electric wires or conduits, electric
power poles for the purpose of supplying electricity for the
use of the residents of the town of Templeville, or to
light the streets, lanes and alleys of said town, and by
ordinance to grant franchises to any such firm, corpora-
tion, individual, or group of individuals to lay pipes,
string wires, place conduits and erect electric power poles
for the purpose of supplying said town and the residents
thereof with electricity; and the ordinance, ordinances
or contracts granting such franchise or franchises shall
specifically set out the nature, right or character of the
same, and no power or right not expressed in the franchise
or grant shall pass thereunder.

SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That The Commis-
sioners of Templeville shall have power to regulate the erec-
tion and use of electric wires, conduits and electric light
poles within the limits of the town of Templeville;
and no firm, corporation, individual or group of indi-
viduals shall use any street, lane, alley or thoroughfare of
said town for any electric wire conduits, electric power
poles or lines without the consent of the Commissioners
of Templeville first had and obtained, by ordinance for
that purpose passed and approved; and any electric wir-
ing conduits, electric power poles or lines hereinafter
placed upon, in or under any of the streets, lanes alleys
or thoroughfares of said town without such consent of the
Commissioners of Templeville shall be deemed a nuisance.

SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That the County
Commissioners of Queen Anne's County and Caroline
County are hereby authorized and directed, on or before
the first Monday in December, in the year nineteen hun-
dred and forty-seven, and annually on said day in each
year thereafter, to pay over to the Commissioners of
Templeville, a municipal corporation of said county, out
of taxes collected from the county levy made the year pre-
ceding, a sum of money equal to one-tenth of one per
centum of the total amount of assessed property, real and
personal, subject to taxation by the said Commissioners
of Templeville, according to the assessment tax books or