746                                  LAWS OF MARYLAND                          [CH. 441

(k) (Person.)

"Person" includes individual, corporation, firm, partnership, asso-
ciation, company, cooperative, joint stock company or association,
and any other form of business enterprise.

(I) (Personnel of the Commission.)

"Personnel of the Commission" includes Commissioners, People's
Counsel, General Counsel, officers and employees of the Commission.

(m) (Plant.)

"Plant" includes gas plant, electric plant, railroad, street railroad,
telegraph lines, telephone lines, water plant and all material, equip-
ment, apparatus, devices and property of every kind owned by any
public service company and used or to be used for or in connection
with or in furtherance of a public utility service.

(n) (Proceedings.)

"Proceedings" includes actions, complaints, hearings, investiga-
tions, trials, appeals, orders and similar (proceedings pending before
or made or conducted by an official body.

(o) (Public Service Company; Classification.)

"Public Service Company" means a common carrier company, gas
company, electric company, steam heating company, telephone com-
pany, telegraph company, water company, and/or any combination
thereof. Two public service companies shall be considered of the
same class, where they are both common carrier companies or both
gas companies, electric companies, gas and electric companies, steam
heating companies, telephone companies, telegraph companies or
water companies.

(p) (Railroad.)

"Railroad" includes every common carrier by rail, however pow-
ered, with all branches, bridges, cars, extensions, ferries, plant,
spurs, stations, subways, switches, terminal facilities, tracks, tun-
nels, and equipment used thereon or in connection therewith.

(q) (Rates.)

"Rates" includes tolls, fares, tariffs, fees, prices and any other
charges for public utility services, whether individual or joint, of a
public service company; and any schedule, regulation, classification
or practice of any public service company affecting the amount of
such charges or the nature and value of the services rendered
therefor.

(r) (Records.)

"Records" includes accounts, books, charts, contracts, documents,
files, maps, papers, profiles, reports (annual and otherwise), sched-
ules and any other records.

(s) (Steam Heating Company.)

"Steam Heating Com/pany" includes any public service company
manufacturing, selling or distributing steam for use, sale or distri-
bution.