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and Aldermen of Frederick shall by ordinance provide, and
when issued said bonds shall be exempt from municipal and
County taxation.

SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That before the Mayor and Aldermen
of Frederick shall engage in the business of manufacturing,
supplying, distributing and selling commercial current, electric
light and power, gas or other kind of light, it shall first obtain
the consent of the Public Service Commission of Maryland and
comply with the rules and regulations of said Commission; pro-
vided, however, that the Corporation of Frederick may engage in
any such business and do all acts and things specified in this Act,
for the purpose of lighting the streets, lanes, alleys and public
places of the City, without the consent of the Public Service
Commission of Maryland, and without being subject to the rules
and regulations of said Commission.

SEC. 4. Be it enacted, That the Mayor and Aldermen of
Frederick is hereby authorized and empowered to make such
rates and charges, rules and regulation's as it may deem proper
in regard to manufacturing, furnishing, supplying, or discon-
tinuing such service to the consumers or users thereof; to
operate and maintain said plant or plants and employ such
service in connection therewith as it shall think proper; and
to do all other things necessary for the equipment, erection
and maintenance of any such plant, the manufacture, distribu-
tion and sale of commercial current, electric light and power,
gas or any other kind of light, and service thereof, and for
the protection of said plant or plants and equipment as it may
deem necessary and proper; subject, however to the approval,
orders, rules and regulations of the Public Service Commission
of Maryland in the same manner and to the same extent as
electrical corporations are subject thereto, under Sections 413
to 468, inclusive, of Article 23 of the Code of Public Civil Laws
of 1912 or any amendment thereto, when the said The Mayor
and Aldermen of Frederick are engaged in supplying current
for other than municipal purposes.

SEC. 5. Be it enacted, That the provisions contained in Chap-
ter 322 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of
1898, as the same was amended by Chapter 353 of the Acts of
the General Assembly of Maryland of 1900, be and the same are
hereby repealed in so far as they apply to the use of the streets,
lanes or highways within the corporate limits of Frederick;
provided, however, that nothing contained in this Act shall be