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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Power of con-
demnation

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That in case the said company
shall not be able to agree with the owner or owners of the
land, springs or water rights, or with the County Commis-
sioners of Baltimore county, for any land, springs and water
rights required for the purpose aforesaid of the said company,
and in case the owner or owners as aforesaid, shall be "feme
covert." under age, "non compos mentis," or under any other
legal disability, or absent, the said company may proceed to
condemn and acquire the same in the manner provided for in
sections one hundred and seventy to one hundred and seventy-
five, inclusive, of article twenty-six of the Code of Public
General Laws, as amended by the act of eighteen hundred and
sixty-eight, chapter four hundred and seventy one.

Injuring
property of
company

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons
shall injure any of the canals, springs, reservoirs, tunnels,
mounds, dams, plugs, pipes, engine, machinery, buildings or
any of the works of the corporation, or shall pollute or render
impure any of the said water by placing foul substances or
nuisances therein, they shall forfeit and pay the damages sus,-
tained therein, to be recovered with costs of suit in the name
of said company, before any court of justice or justice of the
peace having cognizance thereof.

Effective.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved March 27th, 1894.

CHAPTER 147.

AN ACT to repeal Section 752 of Article 4 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of the State of Maryland, title "Police,"
sub-title "Physicians to the Police Force," and to re-enact
the same with amendments.

Repeal.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That section 752 of article 4 of the Code of Pub-
lic Local Laws of the State of Maryland, title "Police," sub-
title "Physicians to the Police Force," be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows :