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so shift, adjust, accommodate, or remove the same, at their
own cost and expense, as to fully meet the exigencies occa-
sioning 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 obstruction had its origin, the
Mayor and Common Council of Manchester shall be empow-
ered to condemn an easement in said franchise or right. Any
violation of the provisions of this section shall be a misde-
meanor, punishable under Section 16 of this Act.

SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That every act or omis-
sion designated as a misdemeanor in this Act, unless otherwise
provided, shall be punishable before any justice of the peace,
or the Circuit Court for Carroll County, and shall be brought
by warrant or indictment upon the oath or information of any
member of said Mayor and Common Council of Manchester or
any employee thereof, and the offender shall, upon conviction,
be subject to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or 30
days in the county jail, or both, in the discretion of the Court,
Where such act or omission is of a continuous nature, and is
persisted in, in violation of the provisions of this Act, or any
rule or regulation formulated thereunder, a conviction from
one offense shall not be a bar to a conviction for a continuation
of such offense subsequent to the first or any succeeding con-
viction.

SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts
of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be and the
same are hereby repealed to the extent of their inconsistency,
provided that nothing herein contained shall be taken as affect-
ing Chapter 810 of the Acts of the Maryland Legislature of
1914, nor as restricting any control which the State Board of
Health of Maryland is empowered to exercise within the corpo-
rate limits of the town of Manchester.

SEC. 18. And be it further enacted. That at the regular
election of the Mayor and Common Council of Manchester to
be held in April, 1925, there shall be submitted to the qualified
voters of the town of Manchester, the question whether bonds
shall be issued for said water supply system in Manchester,
and at such election the ballots cast upon such question shall
have the words "For Bond Issue for Water Supply System. "
and "Against Bond Issue for Water Supply System, " thereon,
and if a majority of the votes cast upon said question shall
be "For Bond Issue for Water Supply System, " then the
Mayor and Common Council of Manchester, or a majority of