946 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 361

CHAPTER 361.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 149
of Article 23 of the Annotated Code of Public General Laws,
title "Corporations" relating to Gas Companies.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 149 of Article 23 of the Annotated Code of
Public General Laws, title " Corporations" relating to Gas
Companies be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments so as to read as follows:

149. Any gas light corporation formed under this Article
shall have full power to manufacture artificial gas, and to sell,
and to furnish such quantities of gas, both natural and arti-
ficial, as may be required in any city, town or county of this
State, in which, or adjoining which the same may be located,
for lighting the streets, roads and public or private buildings,
or for other purposes, and such corporation is hereby authorized
and empowered to lay conductors or pipes for the transmission
of gas, both natural and artificial, in any city, town or county,
under the streets, squares, lanes, alleys and roads thereof, paved
or unpaved, and to connect the same with any manufactory,
public or private building, lamp or other structure or object,
and with the place of supply, after first securing the proper
assent of the municipal authorities of said city or town, or of
the county commissioners of said county, under such reason-
able and proper regulations and conditions that may be pre-
scribed by them, subject, however, also to any law or ordinance
that may be passed by the municipal authorities of the city or
town, or the county commissioners having jurisdiction, for the
filling up and repaving of any street, lane or alley or road
under which the said pipes may be laid. Any corporation of
this or any other state which has heretofore been authorized by
ordinance passed by the municipal authorities of any city or
town, or by order of the proper authorities of any county, to
lay or maintain mains, conduits, pipes or other structures in
streets, squares, lanes, alleys, roads or other public highways
and places for the transmission or supply of natural gas, is
hereby authorized and empowered to use such mains, conduits,
pipes, or other structures, whether now in place or hereafter
constructed, for the transmission and supply of artificial gas, or
a mixture of natural and artificial gas. Nothing herein shall be
deemed to extend the duration of any franchise granted by any