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company and the said City cannot agree in reference thereto,
shall be ascertained by a majority of a board of three arbitrators,
one to be appointed by the City, and one by said company, and
the two arbitrators thus appointed shall appoint the third arbi-
trator; and if they cannot agree upon such third arbitrator the
latter shall be appointed by the Governor of the State; provided,
whenever the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall ex-
tend its water mains for the purpose of supplying water therein
into the territory of Baltimore County previously occupied by
some other water company then supplying water to residents
of such locality, said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
before it shall supply water to users in said territory, shall pur-
chase or condemn the water pipes and rights of said local water
company. To purchase all the property, rights, estates and
privileges of any chartered company authorized to introduce,
or which may hereafter be authorized to introduce, water into
said City, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the City,
and such corporation or corporations, in the manner prescribed
in their respective charters, or in the absence of such provis-
ions, as shall be agreed upon by the said City and such corpo-
ration or corporations; and such corporation is authorized to
execute a conveyance to the City of all the franchises and prop-
erty of said corporation; and all such rights, privileges and
franchises shall be vested in the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, to be held, exercised and enjoyed by the said City as
fully in every respect as might or could have been done by any
such corporation or corporations under their respective char-
ters.

Welfare and Other Powers.—The foregoing or other enumer-
ation of powers in this Article shall not be held to limit the
power of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, in addition
thereto to pass all ordinances not inconsistent with the provis-
ions of this Article or the laws of the State as may be proper
in executing any of the powers, either express or implied,
enumerated in this section and elsewhere in this Article, as
well as such ordinances as it may deem expedient in maintain-
ing the peace, good government, health and welfare of the City
of Baltimore; and it may provide for the enforcement of all
such ordinances by such penalties and imprisonments as may