THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR 733
necessary or desirable in the judgment of the Commission to insure
the proper operation and maintenance of the Expressway, and to
prohibit entrance to the Expressway from any point or points not
so designated;
(i) to make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary
or incidental to the performance of its ditties and the execution of
its powers under this sub-title;
(j) to employ consulting engineers, attorneys, accountants, con-
struction and financial experts, superintendents, managers, and such
other employees and agents as may be necessary in its judgment, and
to fix their compensation;
(k) to receive and accept from any federal agency grants for or
in aid of the construction of the Expressway, and to receive and
accept aid or contributions from any source of either money, prop-
erty, labor or other things of value, to be held, used and applied only
for the purposes for which such grants and contributions may be
made; and
(I) to do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out
the powers expressly granted in this sub-title.
126E. (Incidental Powers.) The Commission shall have authority
to construct grade separations at intersections of the Expressway
with public roads and state highways and to change and adjust the
lines and grades of such roads and highways so as to accommodate
the same to the design of such grade separation. The cost of such
grade separations and any damage incurred in changing and adjust-
ing the lines and grades of such roads and highways shall be ascer-
tained and paid by the Commission as a part of the cost of the
Expressway.
If the Commission shall find it necessary to change the location of
any portion of any public road or state highway affected by the
construction of the Expressway, it may cause the same to be recon-
structed at such location as the Commission shall deem most favor-
able. The cost of such reconstruction and any damage incurred in
changing the location of any such road or highway shall be ascer-
tained and paid by the Commission as a part of the cost of the
Expressway. THE COMMISSION SHALL HAVE POWER TO
MAKE REASONABLE REGULATIONS FOR THE INSTALLA-
TION, CONSTRUCTION, REMOVAL, AND RELOCATION OF
PIPES, MAINS, CONDUITS, CABLES, WIRES, TOWERS,
POLES, AND OTHER EQUIPMENT AND APPLIANCES (HERE-
IN CALLED "PUBLIC UTILITY FACILITIES") OF ANY POLIT-
ICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OR OF ANY PUBLIC SER-
VICE CORPORATION OR PERSON COVERED BY THE PROVI-
SIONS OF ARTICLE 78 OF THIS CODE, IN, ON, ALONG, OR
OVER THE EXPRESSWAY, WHETHER SUCH PUBLIC UTIL-
ITY FACILITIES ARE LOCATED IN, ON, ALONG, OR OVER
PUBLIC HIGHWAYS, OR PRIVATE PROPERTY. WHENEVER
THE COMMISSION SHALL DETERMINE THAT IT IS NECES-
SARY THAT ANY SUCH PUBLIC UTILITY FACILITIES
SHALL BE RELOCATED IN OR REMOVED FROM THE EX-
PRESSWAY, THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR PUBLIC
SERVICE CORPORATION OR PERSON OWNING OR OPERAT-
ING SUCH FACILITIES SHALL RELOCATE OR REMOVE THE
SAME IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDER OF THE COM-
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