PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 783

to be punishable as other perjuries are punishable, and the said
County Commissioners shall have full power to give judgment
in any hearing before them as to costs, which judgments shall
be enforceable in the same manner as other judgments for costs
rendered by competent tribunals.

362. Said County Commissioners shall have the power
to require all notices provided by this Act to be
given, or which it may be necessary to give in the course
of any of their proceedings, to be served by any of the con-
stables of Baltimore County, and to allow the sum of forty cents
and no more for the service of every such notice; and any con-
stable failing to serve any such notice or making any false re-
turn as to such service shall be punishable as for other similar
violations of duties required by law to be performed by him.

363. No franchise or right in relation to any high-
way, avenue, street, lane or alley, either on, above or below
the surface of the same, shall be granted by the County
Commissioners of Baltimore County, until the following
provisions shall be complied with: (1) The application for such
franchise or right shall be published by the applicant once a
week for three successive weeks in two newspapers published in
Baltimore County and having general circulation, setting forth
the location, character and extent of the franchise sought; (2)
upon the first publication of said notice it shall be the duty of
the said County Commissioners to make diligent inquiry as
to the money value of the franchise or right asked to be granted,
and the adequacy of the compensation proposed to be paid
therefor; (3) if any objection is made to the granting of the
franchise asked by any person or persons interested therein,
either as taxpayers or having property rights involved, and
filed in writing with the secretary to the board, before the ex-
piration of said notice, opportunity shall be granted and a time
set for the hearing of such objections.

364. When the grant of a franchise or right is made in com-
pliance with the aforegoing Sections, the said County Commis-
sioners shall not part with, but shall expressly reserve the right
and duty at all times to exercise full municipal control and regu-
lation in respect to all matters connected with said grant not
inconsistent with the terms thereof.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act
shall be taken or construed to affect any action, contract, act,
default, tort or negligence which does now or may hereafter