150 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 82

part thereof. Before the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more shall extend the Baltimore City water service into any
territory occupied by any existing water company, the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore, shall acquire, either by pur-
chase or condemnation, the property of such water company
in the territory into which the Baltimore City water service is
to be so extended, excepting, however, lines of any water
company used for supplying persons living outside of the limits
of Baltimore City as fixed by this Act. No such water com-
pany shall be entitled to extend its mains or service into any
new territory after the passage of this act without applying to,
and obtaining from, the Board of Estimates of Baltimore City
the privilege of so extending its pipes and service. But the
Board of Estimates of Baltimore City shall grant such priv-
ilege whenever applied for, upon the usual terms for granting
minor privileges in the public highways of the City, and at
rates not greater than the usual rates charged for laying other
pipes in such highways, unless at the time such application is
made the Water Board of Baltimore City is ready promptly
to extend the Baltimore City water service into the territory
so applied for by such water company. Every such water com-
pany shall be entitled to maintain, without any franchise or
minor privilege charge, its existing pipes now situate in any
portion of the territory annexed by this Act to Baltimore City,
until the expiration of its existing right to maintain said pipes.
And the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall grant to
every such water company, upon payment of the usual fran-
chise or minor privilege charge, any franchise or minor priv-
ileges which may be applied for to lay enlarged or additional
pipes through any of the public highways within the limits of
Baltimore City, as established by this Act, which may be neces-
sary for supplying customers outside of said limits. Any com-
pany or corporation owning or operating any sewage disposal
plant and sewer pipes connected therewith within the territory
annexed by this Act to Baltimore City, shall be entitled to con-
tinue such service until such time as the Baltimore City Sewer-
age System may be extended into the territory, or any part
thereof, occupied by such company or corporation. Before ex-
tending the Baltimore City Sewerage System into any such
territory, the City shall acquire, either by purchase or condem-
nation, the property of the said company or corporation hav-
ing such sewage disposal plant and sewer pipes connected
therewith in the territory into which the said Baltimore City
Sewerage System may be extended. But no sewerage system,