274 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 126

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Council of Mt. Airy may enter upon any state, county or mu-
nicipal street, road or alley or any public highway, for the pur-
pose of installing, maintaining and operating the water supply
system provided for under this Act, and it may construct in such
street, road or alley or public highway, a water main, or any
appurtenance thereof, without the receipt of a permit or the
payment of a charge; provided that whenever any state, county
or municipal highway is to be disturbed, the public authority
having control thereof shall be duly notified, and provided fur-
ther, that said highway shall be repaired and left by the Mayor
and Council of Mt. Airy in the same, or a not inferior condition
to that existing before being torn up, and that all costs incident
thereto shall be borne by the Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy.

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That any employee or
agent bf the said Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy shall have the
right of entry, at all reasonable hours, upon any private prem-
ises and into any building in the town of Mt. Airy while in the
pursuit of his official duties, and any restraint or hindrance of-
fered to such entrance by any owner or tenant, or agent of said
owner or tenant, shall be a misdemeanor, punishable under Sec-
tion 16 of this Act.

SEC. 15. 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 town of Mt. Airy, which shall block or.
impede the progress of the water supply system of the Mayor
and Council of Mt. Airy, while in the process of construction
and establishment shall, upon reasonable notice from said Mayor
and Council of Mt. Airy promptly so shift, adjust, accommo-
date or remove the same, at their own cost and expense, 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, the Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy
shall be empowered to condemn an easement in said franchise
or right. Any violation of the provisions of this Section shall
be a misdemeanor, 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