PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 279

SEC. 8. The Mayor and Common Council of Sykesville shall
have full power to provide for the introduction of water, electric
light or gas into said town, and to effectuate such object may
grant to or contract with any other corporate body, public or
private, or any individual or partnership, the right or franchise
within the limits of said town for the purpose of operating a
passenger railway, water works or electric light or gas plant, the
granting of such franchise to be regulated by the ordinances of
the Mayor and Common Council; and also may grant the right
to lay conduits, gas or water mains through the streets, alleys
or highways of said town, and authority is hereby given to said
Mayor and Common Council to condemn private property, if
the same should become necessary for the operation of the afore-
said franchises; said condemnation proceedings to be in accord-
ance with the General Laws of the State of Maryland as are in
such cases applicable thereto; and also to construct, purchase
and operate an electric light plant or water or gas works for the
benefit of the said town whenever, in their judgment, the inter-
ests of the town demand the same, and to contract or provide for
the furnishing or supplying of water, eleetric light or gas in
sufficient quantities for the needs of the town and the inhabitants
of the said town and of its vicinity by any body corporate, pub-
lic or private, or by any individual or individuals; and in order
to carry out and effectuate such objects, it shall have the power
to erect, maintain and equip electric light poles and lines, and to
lay gas and water mains and conduits, erect fire plugs, and, gen-
erally, to do all things that may be necessary or desirable to
provide gas and electricity and water in such quantity and at
such places as may be necessary to protect the said town at all
times against fire; and for all and any of the aforesaid purposes
and in all cases the same may be necessary, to acquire by con-
demnation in the manner now prescribed under the General
Laws of the State of Maryland, or that may hereafter be so
prescribed, any private property whatsoever; and they shall have
full power and authority to supply such water, gas, electric
light or power not only within the corporate limits of the town
of Sykesville, but also outside of the corporate limits of the said
town, in the discretion of the said Mayor and Common Council,
and under such terms and conditions as they may prescribe;
and they shall have power to pass such ordinances as may be
necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Scction.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 10th, 1914.