HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 747

(a) To sue and be sued.

(b) To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure,
(c) To acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal
property for its corporate purposes.

(d) To acquire by condemnation in the manner provided
by Sections 203 and 204, or by Sections 331 to 336, inclu-
sive, of Article 23 or by Article 33A, of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland and any acts in amendment there-
of, supplementary thereto or in substitution therefor, any real
property, including lands, lands under water, fixtures and im-
provements, easements, franchises and incorporeal heredita-
ments, necessary or convenient for its corporate purposes.
Any such property may be acquired by condemnation whether
or not the same is owned or held for public use by corpora-
tions, associations or persons having the power of eminent
domain or otherwise held or used for public purposes.

(e) To make by-laws for the management and regulation
of its affairs, and subject to agreements with bondholders, for
the regulation and use of the project hereinbefore defined and
establishment and collection of tolls thereon.

(f) To appoint officers, including a treasurer, agents, em-
ployees and legal counsel and fix their compensation.

(g) To make contracts and to execute all instruments nec-
essary or convenient.

(h) To acquire the bridge franchises of The Chesapeake
Bay Bridge Company, and subject to the rights of The Chesa-
peake Bay Bridge Company under its existing franchises, but
without any limitations as to the time of commencement and
completion, to construct a bridge over the Chesapeake Bay
from a point in Baltimore County, over and across Hart and
Miller's Islands, to a point near Tolchester, Kent County,
Maryland, together with such incidental bridges and struc-
tures as shall be necessary or convenient in order to give ac-
cess from the bridge to both of said islands, and together with
the approaches to said bridge.

(i) To acquire the assets and franchises of the Claiborne-
Annapolis Ferry Company.

(j) To maintain, reconstruct and operate the projects.

(k) To charge tolls for the use of the Bridge and the
Ferry, subject to and in accordance with such agreements
with bondholders as. may be made as hereinafter provided.

(1) To construct and maintain, over, under, along or
across the Bridge and Approaches, telephone, telegraph or
electric wires and cables, gas mains, water mains and other
mechanical equipment not inconsistent with the appropriate
use of the Bridge and Approaches; to contract for such con-
struction and to lease the right to construct and/or use such