1066 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 404

owner or tenant, shall be a misdemeanor, punishable under Sec-
tion 14 of this Act.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That any individual,
firm or corporation having buildings, conduits, pipes, tracks or
other physical constructions in, over or under the public roads,
streets or alleys of the City of Ellicott City, which shall block
or impede the progress of the water supply of the Commission-
ers of Ellicott City, while in the process of construction and
establishment shall, upon reasonable notice from said Commis-
sioners of Ellicott City, promptly so shift, adjust, accommodate
or remove the same, the reasonable cost thereof to
be borne by the Commissioners of Ellicott City, as to fully
meet the exigencies occasioning the said notice, and should the
exigencies of any case involve a taking in the constitutional
sense, of the franchise or right in the exercise of which such
obstruction had its origin, then the Commissioners of Ellicott
City shall be empowered to condemn an easement in said fran-
chise or right. Any violation of the provisions of this Section
shall be a misdemeanor, punishable under Section 14 of this Act.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That whenever it shall
be deemed necessary by the Commissioners of Ellicott City to
take or acquire any land, structures or buildings, or any stream
bed, water way, water right or water shed, either in fee or as
an easement, within or outside of the corporate limits of Elli-
cott City, for the construction, alteration, extension or main-
tenance of any water main or appurtenance thereof, or for any
reservoir, water purification plant, tank or pumping station, the
Commissioners of Ellicott City may purchase the same from the
owner, or failing to agree with the owner or owners thereof, may
condemn the same by proceedings in the Circuit Court for How-
ard County, as now provided for condemnation of land by public
service corporations in the Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland, and said Commissioners may likewise condemn the
interest of any tenant, lessee, or other person having an interest
in said land, structures or buildings, stream bed, water way,
water right or water shed, and at any time after ten days after
the return and recordation of the verdict or award in said pro-
ceedings, the said Commissioners may enter and take possession
of the property so condemned, upon first paying to the Clerk of
the Court the amount of said award and all costs taxed to date,
notwithstanding any appeal or further proceeding upon the
part of the Defendant. At the time of said payment, however,