EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 151

other than the Baltimore City Sewerage System, shall be ex-
tended into any territory not occupied by it at the time of the
passage of this Act, within the limits of Baltimore City as fixed
by this Act, without the consent of the Board of Estimates of
Baltimore City. The Board of Estimates shall grant such
privilege, when applied for, under the same conditions and
upon the same terms as are hereinabove stated with regard to
Water Companies. The territory occupied by any water com-
pany or sewerage company, shall be construed, to mean all the
territory which is reasonably near to any supply pipe of such
company, and which may be considered naturally tributary
thereto. "Supply pipe" shall mean any water pipe or sewer-
pipe other than house connections. Full power and authority
is hereby given to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to
acquire, by purchase or condemnation, any water works, water
pipes, sewage disposal plant, sewers and any other property of
any kind situate within the territory annexed by this Act to
Baltimore City, which may be needed for any public purpose.
In any such purchase or condemnation, compensation for the
property taken shall be considered to include the value of the
property taken and such damages, if any, as the owner thereof
may suffer, by reason of such taking. Nothing herein shall be
construed to impose any obligation upon the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore to purchase any private drains or sewers
which may have been constructed in any portion of the terri-
tory annexed by this Act to Baltimore City prior to the passage
of this Act, and which are not connected with any sewage dis-
posal plant. Nothing in this Act shall be taken or construed
as affecting the right of any company, or corporation owning
or operating a water or sewerage system in the territory an-
nexed to Baltimore City by this Act to make any improvements,
or construct, maintain, lay or operate any additional pipes or
appurtenances in, under or upon private rights of way or upon
private property; but this provision shall not limit the right
of purchase or condemnation hereinabove given to the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore. Nothing in this Act shall be
construed to give authority to furnish water or to operate a
sewerage plant or system in any portion of the territory an-
nexed by this Act to Baltimore City, to any company or cor-
poration which is not otherwise entitled to do so. The word
"Company" or "Corporation" in this Section shall be construed
to include any person or persons, firm or association.