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	CHAP. 282	same, or non compos mentis, or for any other cause, be legally incapable of contracting, or out of the county in which such property may lie when the same may be wanted, said company is authorized and empowered to acquire the same by condemnation in the manner provided for railroads under the Public General Laws of this State; provided, however, that if the same be situate partly in one county and partly in an adjoining county, the said condemnation pro- ceedings may be instituted and carried on in either of said counties with like effect as if the same were wholly situate in the county wherein said proceedings are begun. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted. That said company may acquire, own, hold, pledge, sell, endorse, guarantee, assume
	May acquire and sell stocks, bonds, etc.	or otherwise deal in or dispose of the stocks, bonds, mort- gages, property or franchises of any corporation or company, foreign or domestic, heretofore or hereafter formed for the purpose of generating, in Harford county, electricity or electrical or other power of any kind in any manner in either of said counties, or for lighting any locality, town or city on or near the line of its railways in said counties, in such manner and to such extent as may now or hereafter be authorized by law, or may enter into any agreement with such corporation which may be beneficial to both contracting parties. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That said company shall have the power to generate electricity or electrical or other
	Generate elec- tricity, etc.	power of any sort, by any lawful means whatsoever in either of said counties, and to acquire or transmit the same in any lawful manner when generated by it or others, and when so generated, acquired or transmitted by it, to use or apply the same to any lawful purpose whatsoever other than for rail- road purposes in either of said counties, and to sell, store or dispose of the same for use or application by others, in either of said counties, and to acquire any property neces- sary or proper for any or all of said purposes in the same manner as it is authorized under its charter to acquire property for railroad purposes, but the use of electricity or electrical power for other than railroad purposes shall be confined to the limits of either Baltimore or Harford counties. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That said company be and it is hereby authorized to consolidate with any other railway or power company heretofore or hereafter organized