370 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 207

bridge shall be of a width of at least twenty (20) feet and
that said bridge shall be constructed with at least two draws
suitable for the passage of vessels, one of which draws shall
be located in the main channel of said Bay and shall be at
least two hundred (200) feet in width, and the other of which
draws shall be located at a convenient point on the western
side of the main channel and shall be at least forty (40) feet
in width; and that before said Company shall undertake the
construction of said bridge the plans and specifications there-
of, including the specifications of the draws to be included in
said bridge, shall be submitted to and approved by the State
Roads Commission.

SEC. 3 Be it further enacted, That said Company may agree
with the owners for the land, water rights, or other property

. and for the earth, stone or other material necessary for the
construction, protection, maintenance, repair or rebuilding of

said bridge, roads and ways thereto, -toll houses, lodges and

other buildings or structures necessary for the proper opera-
tion of said bridge, and the rights so acquired by agreement
shall be conveyed by deed duly acknowledged and recorded.
In case of failure to agree, or of disability of the owners to
contract, or of their absence from the State, the corporation
. may obtain the lands, water rights or other property necessary
as above described by condemnation, but said company shall
have no power to condemn land or other property not reason
ably necessary for the location, construction and operation of
the said bridge and appropriate and needed toll houses and
appurtenant structures, and the necessary approaches and ways
to said bridge. The State of Maryland hereby consents to the
use and occupation of the lands lying under the waters of the
Chesapeake Bay, necessary for the construction and operation of
said bridge and the approaches and appurtenances thereto.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That said Company shall
grant to the State Roads Commission or to its authorized rep-
resentatives, at all reasonable times, free access to the work
to be carried on in the construction of. said bridge, and to all
maps, profiles, contracts, reports of engineers, accounts, books,
records, and all other papers and documents relating thereto.

SEC. 5 Be it further enacted., that said Company is here-
by authorized to fix and to revise from time to time tolls for
transit over said bridge and to charge and collect the same,
and to fix by contract with any person, partnership, associa-
tion, or corporation desiring the use of said bridge, approaches,
appurtenances and works, or any part thereof, for placing
thereon water, gas or oil pipe line, telephone, telegraph, elec-