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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

as to terms and details of said contract, except as here-
in restricted; and may grant permission to any water com-
pany to lay pipes in the beds of the streets, place fire plugs,
construct all such other works in said town of Cambridge as
may be necessary or suitable to carry out the purposes of such
water company, at the expense and liability of said water com-
pany for all damage or injury to the streets or private prop-
erty done in laying said pipes or constructing such other
works; provided, no contract for the supply of water shall
exceed in duration twenty-five years; and the powers hereby
conferred upon said commissioners, as to making contracts for
water supply, shall also apply to their making of contracts for
the lighting of the streets of said town with gas or other
method of illumination.

Previous con-
tracts rati-
fied.

SEC. 83 A. And be it further enacted, That any contract or
contracts heretofore entered into between the commissioners
of Cambridge and The Cambridge Water Company, within
the scope of the powers embraced within the provisions of the
preceding section of this act, be and the same are hereby
ratified and confirmed, so as to bind the respective parties
thereto, their successors and assigns, during the time specified
in said contract or contracts.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 6th, 1894.

CHAPTER 467.

AN ACT to repeal Section one of Chapter three hundred
and eleven of the Laws of Maryland, passed by the General
Assembly of Maryland at the January session of the year
1892, and to re-enact the same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Repeal.

Maryland, That chapter three hundred and eleven of the
Laws of Maryland, passed by the General Assembly of Mary-
land at the January session of the year 1892, he and the same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, so as to read as follows :

1. Minors under the age of sixteen years, upon conviction
of any offence punishable by imprisonment, may, in the dis-