34(5 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 169

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the following additional sections1 be and the same
are hereby added to the Public Local Laws of Maryland, Ar-
ticle 18, title "Queen Anne's County, " sub-title "Sudlersville, "
to immediately follow Section 251 and to be known as Sections
251A and 251B, respectively, and to read as follows:

Section 251A. In addition to the powers conferred upon
"The Commissioners of Sudlersville, " by laws heretofore
passed, The Commissioners of Sudlersville shall have power to
contract with any firm, corporation, individual or group of in-
dividuals for such period of time as the Commissioners of
Sudlersville may by ordinance provide for the introduction
into the town of Sudlersville of gas pipes, electric wires or
conduits, electric power poles for the purpose of supplying gas
or electricity for the use of the residents of the town of Sud-
lersville, or to light the streets, lanes and alleys of said town,
and by ordinance to grant franchises to any such firm, cor-
porations, individuals or group of individuals to lay pipes,
string wires, place conduits and erect electric power poles for
the purpose of supplying said town and the residents thereof
with gas or electricity; and the ordinance, ordinances or con-
tracts granting such franchise or franchises shall specifically
set out the nature, right or character of the same, and no power
or right not expressed in the franchise or grant shall pass
thereunder.

Section 251B. That the Commissioners of Sudlersville shall
have power to regulate the erection and use of gas pipes, elec-
tric wires, conduits and electric light poles within the limits
of the town of Sudlersville; and no firm, corporation, individ-
ual or group of individuals shall use any street, lane, alley or
thoroughfare of said town for any gas pipes? electric wire con-
duits, electric power poles or lines without the consent of the
Commissioners of Sudlersville first had and obtained, by ordi-
nance for that purpose passed and approved; and any gas
pipes, electric wiring conduits, electric power poles or lines
hereinafter placed upon, in or under any of the streets, lanes,
alleys or thoroughfares of said town without such consent of
the Commissioners of Sudlersville shall be deemed a nuisance.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws or part
of laws, local or general, inconsistent herewith are hereby re-
pealed, and that this Act shall take effect from the first day of
June, nineteen hundred and eighteen.

Approved April 10th, 1918.