838 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 428

franchise of the Salisbury Water Company, the amount paid
therefor shall not exceed the valuation placed upon the same
by the Public Service Commission of Maryland at the time
of said purchase.

331. Every public service corporation, company or individ-
ual, before it or they shall begin any construction in any
street, road, alley or public highway within the City of Salis-
bury shall file with the Mayor and Council of Salisbury a plan
of such construction showing the location and depth, in such
street, road, alley or public highway, of the proposed main,
conduit, pipe or other structure, which plans must be approved
by the Mayor and Council of Salisbury before such construc-
tion is begun, and when approved no change shall be made in
the physical location of anything shown upon said plan ex-
cept upon the approval of the Mayor and Council of Salis-
bury. Whenever any public service corporation, com-
pany or individual shall begin to put any such main, con-
duit, pipe "or other structure in any such street, road, alley
or other public highway without first filing plans with the
Mayor and Council of Salisbury and obtaining its approval as
above specified, or shall, without the approval of the Mayor
and Council of Salisbury make any change in the location of
such mains, conduits, pipes or other structures, as shown upon
the plans approved by the Mayor and Council of Salisbury,
or any approved change therein, such action shall con-
stitute a misdemeanor, punishable as prescribed in Sec-
tion 338 of this sub-title, and the Mayor and Council of Salis-
bury may, when any such main, conduit, pipe or other struc-
tures interfere with the construction or operation of the water
or sewer systems of the City or any of them, remove the same
or change the location thereof.

332. For the purpose of making extensions -beyond the
City limits of Salisbury, which right is hereby expressly con-
ferred upon the Mayor and Council of Salisbury for water
supply and sewerage from time to time as it may deem neces-
sary, all charges and expenses therefor shall be under the
jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission of Maryland,
which is hereby authorized and directed to review upon appli-
cation by the Mayor and Council of Salisbury the cost of
making such extensions, and the findings of the Public Service
Commission shall be final except that there may be an appeal
to the Courts from such findings, as is provided by law in the
case of other determinations by the Public Service Commis-
sion. The Mayor and Council of Salisbury is hereby em-
powered, authorized and directed to appropriate from the
funds collected pursuant to the authority of Section 335 of this