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and City Council of Baltimore shall acquire, either by pur-
chase or condemnation, the property of such water company in
the territory into which the Baltimore city water service is
to be so extended, excepting, however, lines of any water com-
pany used for supplying persons living outside of the limits
of Baltimore city, as fixed by this Act. No such water com-
pany shall be entitled to extend its mains or service into any
new territory after the passage of this Act without applying
to, and obtaining from, the Board of Estimates of Baltimore
city the privilege of so extending its pipes and service. But
the Board of Estimates of Baltimore city shall grant such
privilege whenever applied for upon the usual terms for grant-
ing minor privileges in the public highways of the city, and at
rates not greater than the usual rates charged for laying
other pipes in such highways, unless at the time such appli-
cation is made, the Water Board of Baltimore city is ready
promptly to extend the Baltimore city water service into the
territory so applied for by such water company. Every such
water company shall be entitled to maintain, without any
franchise or minor privilege charge, its existing pipes now
situate in any portion of the territory annexed by this Act to
Baltimore city, until the expiration of its existing right to
maintain said pipes. And the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore shall grant to every such water company, upon
payment of the usual franchise or minor charge, any fran-
chises or minor privileges which may be applied for to lay
enlarged or additional pipes through any of the public high-
ways within the limits of Baltimore city, as established by
this Act, which may be necessary for supplying customers out-
side of said limits. Any company or corporation owning or
operating any sewerage disposal plant and sewer pipes con-
nected therewith within the territory annexed by this Act to
Baltimore city, shall be entitled to continue such service until
such time as the Baltimore city sewerage system may be ex-
tended into the territory or any part thereof, occupied by such
company or corporation. Before extending the Baltimore city
sewerage system into any such territory, the city shall acquire,
either by purchase or condemnation, the property of the said
company or corporation having such sewerage disposal plant
and sewer pipes connected therewith in the territory into
which the said Baltimore city sewerage system may be ex-
tended. But no sewerage system, other than the Baltimore
sewerage system, shall be extended into any territory not
occupied by it at the time of the passage of this Act, within
the limits of Baltimore city, as fixed by this Act, without the