1346 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the said railway, works, appurtenances and things hereby au-
thorized, and all work which may be necessary for the proper
completion and operation of the said railway, and may acquire
land, earth, stone, gravel, timber and other material required
for any purposes aforesaid by agreement with the owner or
owners of any land, earth, stone, gravel, or other materials or
water rights, or any improvements wanted for the construction
or repairs of said railway or its works for the purchase, or use,
or occupation of the same, and in case it does not agree with
said owner or owners, or if the owner or owners, or any of
them, be a feme covert, or under age, or non compos mentis,
or out of the County in which the property required may be or
lie when such land or materials shall be needed, the said com-
pany may proceed to condemn and acquire the use of the same
for the purposes of said railway, or for the purposes of the
motive power thereof, in the manner provided by the Code of
Public General Laws, Article 23, as far as the same may be
applicable, and may condemn lands, easements, rights of way,
materials and privileges for the purposes of the company in the
manner aforesaid.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the said company
shall enjoy and have all the general powers, provisions, and
privileges and be subject to the general regulations contained in
Article 23 of the Code of Public General Laws of this State, so
far as the same may be necessary and proper to enable it to ex-
ercise the powers granted.

SEC. 13. Provided, That nothing in this Act is to be con-
strued as permitting the company herein incorporated to con-
struct or build and railway or railroad tracks within the cor-
porate limits of any incorporated town or towns without the con-
sent and approval of the municipal authorities; and provided
further, that said corporation before commencing work or con-
struction upon any portion of any state road or roads included
in the State Road system shall apply to the State Roads Com-
mission for a permit to construct its lines and overhead equip-
ment upon or over any such road, and all the work done under
any such permit upon any such road, or crossing of such road,
shall be done in conformity with the rules and regulations of the
State Roads Commission and located and designated by said
Commission, and in full compliance with the provisions and
terms of any permit granted by the State Roads Commission and
to the satisfaction of said Commission; and before doing any
such work the said corporation shall file with the said State