288                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 203

OF ANY DIVERSION OF WATER FROM THE POOL WHICH
FORMS A PART OF THE SAID PROJECT.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the County Commis-
sioners of any county, whose interests in any respect may become
involved in the execution of this Act, or any part or parts thereof,
or any body politic, quasi public corporation, turnpike company,
private corporation, or other legal entity, whose interest in any
respect may become involved in the execution of this Act, or any
part or parts thereof, shall be, and is, or are hereby authorized
and empowered, anything in the terms of their or its chartered
existence or powers to the contrary notwithstanding, to enter into
all such contracts, agreements, stipulations or arrangements, deeds,
conveyances or transfers with the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more as may be necessary or proper for the purposes of this Act
or any of them.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the powers by this Act
conferred upon the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore are intended
to be in addition to, and not to be in substitution for, any power
heretofore conferred by law upon it, in relation to the municipal
water supply of Baltimore City, except where inconsistent therewith.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore is hereby empowered at any and all times during
the progress of the work herein authorized and any and all parts
thereof, at its own expense, to maintain an efficient police service
for the purpose of preserving the public peace, protecting property
and preventing crime within the territory occupied or used by it or
its employees in the prosecution of said work, or by the employees
of contractors or sub-contractors engaged on such work; the officers
so employed by said City to have the power to make arrests of
persons offending within such territory, wherever found within the
State; such offenders shall be tried in the county in which the offense
may be committed, and in the event of conviction and imposition of
a jail sentence, whether by the Circuit Court for such county, or by
any Justice or the Peace thereof, shall be committed to the Baltimore
City Jail instead of to the county jail; and, in all such cases, the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall reimburse the county in
which such offense is committed for all costs and expenses actually
incurred by it, including the sum of eighty-five cents per day for
every person committed for trial to the jail of such county, in pro-
ceedings against, and the trial and commitment of, such offenders,
court costs to be prorated by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for such
county upon the basis of time actually consumed in such trials or
other proceedings; all such costs to be adjusted and paid semi-
annually. Said police service as to any county affected by the provi-
sions of this Act shall be subject to the supervision and direction of
the marshal SHERIFF or chief of the police force of such county.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That whenever any public road
or bridge of any of the counties affected by the provisions of this Act
shall be destroyed or rendered impassable, in whole or in part, by
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, in connection with the work
herein contemplated, it shall be the duty of said City to replace the
same, at its own expense, as nearly as possible, with a suitable and
convenient road or bridge in lieu thereof; and if any such existing