988 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 381

out the receipt of a permit or the payment of a charge; pro-
vided, that whenever any State or County highway is to be
disturbed the public authority having control thereof shall
be duly notified, and provided further that said highway shall
be repaired and left by the Mayor and Town Council 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 Town Council.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That any employee or
agent of the Mayor and Town Council shall have the right of
entry, at all reasonable hours, upon any private premises and
into any building in the said town, and outside of said town
if the premises or building is connected with the said town's
water system or sewerage system, while in the pursuit of his
official duties, and any restraint or hindrance offered to such
entrance by any owner or tenant or agent of said owner or
tenant, shall be a misdemeanor, punishable under Section 16
of this Act.

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That all individuals,
firms and corporations having buildings, conduits, pipes, tracks
or other physical obstructions in, over or under the public
roads, streets or alleys of the said town, or of those portions
of Garrett County outside of said town, which shall block or
impede the progress of the said town's water or sewerage
system, while in process of construction, shall upon reasonable
notice from the Mayor and Town Council, promptly so shift,
adjust, accommodate or remove the same, at their own cost
and expense as to fully meet the exigencies occasioning such
notice; and should the exigencies of any case involve the tak-
ing, in the constitutional sense, of the franchise or right in the
exercise of which such construction had its origin, the Mayor
and Town Council shall be empowered to condemn an easement
in said franchise or right. Every public service corporation, com-
pany or individual, before it or they shall begin any under-
ground construction in any street, road, alley or public high-
way within the said town, shall file with the Mayor and Town
Council a plan of such construction showing the location and
depth in such street, road, alley or public highway of the pro
posed main, conduit or pipe; which plans must be approved
by the Mayor and Town Council before such construction is
begun; and when approved no change shall be made in the
physical location of anything shown upon said plan except up-
on the approval of the Mayor and Town Council. Whenever