LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

wheel with the necessary pipes and tank, and for their convea-
ence in taking care of them, they wish to obtain a charter
and are unable to do so, under the general laws relating to cor-
porations, because Lake View is not a city or town; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

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land, That Carroll B. Blick, Frank L. Schepler, William M.
Marriott, Charles C. McColgan, John A. Sheridan, Clarence
H. Marriott, N. Rogers Bayly, William H. Rothrock, Samuel
W. Lippincott and Telfair W. Marriott, or such of them as
shall accept the benefits of this Act of Assembly, their asso-
ciates and successors, be and they are hereby constituted a
corporation, under the name of "The Lake View Water Works
Company," with all the powers which can be acquired by any
water company incorporated under Article 23 of the Code of
Public General Laws, title "Corporations," except that the
corporation hereby created shall nave no power to condemn
land or other property, but shall have power to supply water
to those who own or may hereafter own or occupy parts of
the tract of land, known as Lake View, in Baltimore county,
conveyed by George Whitelock and Benjamin Kurtz, trustees
to Telfair W. Marriott, (see deed, liber L. M. B. No. 209, folio
418, of the land records of Baltimore county,) as well as other
persons.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall

A body cor-
porate.

have the right to make all by-laws, not inconsistent with Jaw,
and to provide by law or otherwise for the collection of all
such rates or charges, and to enforce the payment of the same
by suits therefor and by penalties and forfeitures, for the use
of the water, as the directors of the corporation may deem
necessary to ensure the proper care, operation, protection and
repair of eaid works and any extension thereof within said
property, and to pay a reasonable rate of interest on cost of
construction and use of land.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if it is deemed

May make by-
laws.

expedient to have a capital stock, the said company may have
a capital stock, not exceeding the anaouat of four thousand
dollars, to be divided into shares of such par value, and be
apportioned and disposed of as the directors may determine.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the affairs of the

Capital stock.

said corporation shall be managed by a board of five directors,
as follows, namely: William M. Marriott, Samuel W. Lippen-
cott, William H. Rothrock, John A. Sheridan and Telfair W.
Marriott, or any of the other corporators, to manage its affairs

Board ot
directors.