1832.

LAWS OF MAKTLA'ND.

CHAP. 25.

ty to appoint such clerks, agents and superintendents un-
der them as may be necessary for executing the. business
of the company, and the same to remove at pleasure, and
to allow them, or any of them, and also the President, such
compensation for their services as they shall deem right,
and bonds with security to take from any of them if thought
necessary for the faithful discharge of the duty.

Qunlification.

Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That no person shall be
President or Director, who shall not at the time be a stock-
holder.

Transfers

Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That the shares of stock
shall be transferable on the books of said company only
according to such rules and regulations as shall be estab-
lished by said President and Directors.

Authority to tun-
nel, &c.

Sec. 12. And be it enacted, That said company shall
have full power and authority to make and lay conduits or
tunnels for the conveyance of said water, under and along
the streets, lanes, alleys and side pavements, or any of
them, of the city of Baltimore, for the purpose oi conveying
and distributing said water, and the said conduits or tun-
nels from time to time to renew and repair, leaving at the
same time a sufficient passage for carriages, horses or foot
passengers as the case may be, and forthwith restoring to
their former condition all such streets, lanes, alleys and side

Exercised only by

permission of the

corporation.

pavements as may at any time be dug, opened or taken up;
Provided, That the powers granted by this section, shall
not be exercised in any case without the previous assent of
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and shall be at
all times exercised, subject to such regulations and provi-
sions as they may direct.

To fix reservoirs.

Sec. 13. And be it enacted, That the said company
shall have full power to establish reservoirs and public
fountains in such parts of the said streets, and squares of

Under like permis-

sion

the said city as they may think proper; Provided, That the
powers granted by this section, shall not be exercised in
any case without the previous assent of the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, and shall be at all times exer-
cised, subject to such regulations and provisions as they
may direct, and to grant to all persons whomsoever, and to
all bodies corporate and politic the privilege of using said
water, to be introduced as aforesaid, in such manner, and
upon such terms as they shall think fit.

Penalties for inju-

ries

Sec. 14. And be it enacted, That if any person shall
wilfully pollute the said water thus to be introduced, by
throwing any dead animals or other impure substances into
the same, or by washing themselves or clothes, or the skins