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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 24, CLASS 11. For constructing, owning or

Telegraph lines

operating telegraph or telephone lines in this state,
where the principal office of said corporation is

located in this state.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That a new section be

and is hereby added to said above described act, to

New section
added.

follow section one hundred and thirty-six, and to be

numbered one hundred and thirty-six A, and to read

as follows:

SEC. 136A. The provisions of the preceding sec-

tions, numbered one hundred and twenty-seven to one

Apply to tele-
phone, compa

hundred and thirty-six inclusive, in relation to tele-

nies.

graph companies, shall likewise apply to and have full

force and effect in respect to telephone companies cre-

ated under the provisions of this act.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

Effective.

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1884.

Chapter 361.

AN ACT to provide for the purchase or erection of

water-works in the town of Frostburg, in Allegany

county, and to authorize the Mayor and Council-

men of said town to issue bonds to pay the cost

thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That for the purpose of furnishing the

inhabitants of the town of Frostburg, in Allegany

county, with an adequate supply of good water, the

mayor and councilmen of said town are hereby author-

ized and empowered to issue coupon bonds of said town

Water bonds.

to an amount not exceeding thirty-five thousand dol-

lars, which said bonds shall be signed by the mayor and

clerk of said town and attested with the corporate seal

thereof, and shall be denominated " Frostburg water

bonds," and bear interest not exceeding six per cent.

per annum, payable semi-annually, to be issued in

denominations not exceeding five hundred dollars, and

to be payable at a time not exceeding thirty years