ACT. 23. ] CORPORATIONS. 57

majority of the corporation may from time to time deem neces-
sary; provided, that the same shall not conflict with the con-
stitution or laws of the United States or of this State, or with
the discipline and practice of the denomination aforesaid.

SEC. 355. If, within six months after the date of an order of
the court forfeiting the right of the corporation to charge
tolls, the said road shall not have been put in good order and
repair within the limits of the county in which said order
may have been passed, the said road within said county shall
be forfeited by the corporation, and shall vest in the County
Commissioners, who shall cause the same to be put and kept in
good order or repair, and collect tolls sufficient for that pur-
pose, or may transfer the same to another corporation in their
discretion, in which case the new corporation shall have the
same rights and franchises and be subject to the same condi-
tions and forfeitures as the original corporation constructing
said road; provided, however, that whenever proceedings as
aforesaid have been instituted against the turnpike company
incorporated under any special Act of Assembly containing
provisions for penalties or forfeitures other than those in this
article prescribed, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court
in which such proceedings were so instituted upon the expira-
tion of the period of six months after the passage of the order
of court prescribed in Section three hundred and fifty-three of
this Article, to certify to the Governor of Maryland the fact,
if such be then the case, that such order was passed and stands
unrevoked; thereupon it shall be the duty of. the Governor to
direct the State's Attorney of said county to forthwith file a
petition in such court in the name of the State of Maryland,
praying the forfeiture of the charter of the company so in
default, and reciting the proceedings aforesaid, and thereafter
the proceedings shall be as prescribed in Sections 57 to 61
(both inclusive) of this Article; and upon the passage by the
court of a final order of forfeiture the road shall vest in the
County Commissioners as hereinbefore provided.

366. Any of the corporations formed under class thirteen,
section 28 of this Article, as codified by the Code of 1904, shall
have the powers which are conferred upon telegraph companies
incorporated under this Article by Section 324, and may con-
struct and lay any part of its line or lines underground on any
route for which it is authorized to construct such lines in whole
or in part, above ground and such corporation may acquire
by condemnation any property or right whatsoever necessary
for its purposes in its discretion, either in fee simple or the
use thereof in fee simple or for a less estate, either in the
manner set forth in Sections 251 and 252 or Sections 360 to 365