1178 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

del County, and its vicinity, in the event of its failure to exer-
cise said rights and franchises before November 1st, 1914.

WHEREAS, By its certificate of incorporation recorded in the
office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County

on the 8th day of March, 1892, the Brooklyn and -Curtis Bay
Light and Water Company of Anne Arundel County was incor-
porated for the purpose, among others, of furnishing and sup-
plying water for drinking or other purposes to the dwellings,
stores, shops and manufacturing establishments in Brooklyn and
South Baltimore, in Anne Arundel County; and

WHEREAS, By Chapter 471 of the Acts of 1892 the name of said
Corporation was changed to the Brooklyn and Curtis Bay Light
and Water Company, it was given perpetual succession, its num-
ber of directors changed from five to nine, and it was given,
among other rights and powers, the power to construct and lay
gas and water pipes along or under the streets, squares, lanes,
roads, public highways, bridges and alleys of Brooklyn and
South Baltimore, and their vicinity in Anne Arundel County,
and to lay pipes and mains for gas and water, and construct and
maintain, repair and remove from time to time all such pipes,
lines and appliances; and

WHEREAS, In or about the year 1893 said Company con-
structed a water plant in or near South Baltimore (now called
Curtis Bay) and extended its water system throughout the same,
and has since maintained said plant and system for the purpose
of supplying the village of South Baltimore or Curtis Bay with
water, but, although frequently requested so to do, has hereto-
fore refused to extend its said system into the town of Brook-
lyn, and has never undertaken to supply either of said towns with
gas, although by its charter it has had the right so to do; and

WHEREAS, In August, 1911, certain residents of Brooklyn
made application to the Public Service Commission of Maryland
for an order to require said Company to extend its water supply
into and throughout said village of Brooklyn, which application
was resisted by said Company upon the ground, among others,
that it would not be profitable to it to make such extension; and

WHEREAS, After a hearing upon said application the Public
Service Commission determined that the extension of said Com-
pany's water system into and through the village of Brooklyn
was reasonably required for the public convenience, and by its
order of April 30th, 1912, directed said Company to make such

extension of its service on or before December 1, 1912, and there-