1050 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 551

specifications of the above mentioned draw or lift span
shall be submitted to and approved by the State Roads
Commission.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Company may
agree with the owners for the land, water rights or other
properties and for the earth, stone or other material neces-
sary for the construction, maintenance, repair or rebuilding
of said bridge, roads and ways thereto, toll houses, lodges
and other buildings and structures necessary for the proper
operation of said bridge and the rights so acquired by
agreement shall be conveyed by deed duly acknowledged
and recorded. In case of failure to agree or of the dis-
ability of the owners to contract or of their absence from
the State the corporation may obtain the lands, water
rights and other properties necessary as above described
by condemnation under the provisions of Sections 203 and
204 or Sections 331 to 336 inclusive of Article 23 or Article
33A of the Code of Public General Laws of this State. But
said Company shall not have the right to condemn land or
other property not reasonably necessary for the location,
construction and operation of said bridge and appropriate
and needed toll houses and appurtenant structures and the
necessary approaches and ways to said bridge. The State
of Maryland hereby consents to the use and operation of
the lands lying under the waters of the Potomac River
necessary for the construction and operation of said bridge
and the approaches and appurtenances thereto.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That said Company shall
grant to the State Roads Commission or to its duly author-
ized representatives at all reasonable times, free access to
the work to be carried on in the construction of said bridge
and to all maps, profiles, contracts, reports of engineers,
accounts, books, records and all other papers and docu-
ments relating thereto.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That said Company is
hereby authorized to fix and to revise from time to time
tolls for transit over said bridge and to charge and collect
the same, and to fix by contract with any person, partner-
ship, association, or corporation desiring the use of said
bridge, approaches, appurtenances and works or any part
thereof, for placing thereon water, gas or oil pipe line, tele-
phone, telegraph, electric light or power line or for any
other purpose, except for tracks for railroad or railway