1550 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

connected with said gas or pipeline, to the use of the roads, streets,
and other property proposed to be taken for its conduits and
connections; and the said corporation, its successors and as-
signs, are further authorized and empowered to lay down, run,
construct, maintain its said pipe lines along, beside, under or
across the State roads of the State of Maryland, provided the
said Corporation, its successors or assigns, before commencing
work or construction upon any portion of any State road or
roads included in the State Road System of Maryland, shall ap-
ply to the State Roads Commission for a permit to construct its
lines and overhead or underground equipment upon, over or
under any such road or crossing of said road and all work done
under such permit upon any such road or crossing of said 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 said State Roads Commission
and to the satisfaction of said Commission; and before doing
any such work the said Corporation shall file with the State
Roads Commission, if required, a bond in such amount and pen-
alty as the State Roads Commission may require for the satis-
factory performance of all the terms and conditions of said
permit.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That said Corporation shall have
and enjoy in the Counties the privileges, powers and franchises
above mentioned, in conjunction with and in addition to the
powers enumerated and otherwise granted in its Charter duly
filed with the authorized officer of the State of Maryland; pro-
vided, however, that nothing in this Act is intended or shall be
construed to relieve the said corporation from any of the pro-
visions of the Public Service Commission Law.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the privilege of exercising
in the Counties aforesaid of the State of Maryland the rights
and powers named and otherwise indicated in its charter shall
be subject to modification and control by the State of Maryland
as fully, in the same manner and by the same authority as if
the said corporation was incorporated by a special act of the
Legislature of the State of Maryland.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 21st, 1914.