1916] OF THE SENATE. 469

consent of the Board of Estimates of Baltimore city. The
Board of Estimates shall grant such privileges, when applied
for, under the same conditions and upon the same terms as
hereinabove stated with regard to water companies. The terri-
tory occupied by any water or sewerage company shall be con-
strued to mean all the territory which is reasonably near to
any supply pipe of such company, and which may be con-
sidered naturally tributary thereto. ' Supply Pipe' shall mean
any water pipe or sewer pipe other than house connections.
Full power and authority is hereby given to the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore to acquire by purchase or condemna-
tion, any water works,, water pipes, sewerage disposal plant,
sewers and any other property of any kind situate within the
territory annexed by this Act to Baltimore city, which may
be needed for any public purpose. In any such purchase or
condemnation, compensation for the property taken shall be
considered to include the value of the property taken and
such damages, if any, as the owner thereof may suffer, by
reason of such taking. Nothing herein shall be construed to im-
pose any obligation upon the Mayor and City Council of Bal-
timore to purchase any private drains or sewers which may
have been constructed in any portion of the territory annexed
by this Act to Baltimore city prior to the passage of this
Act, and which are not connected with any sewer disposal
plant. Nothing in this Act shall be taken or construed as
affecting the right of any company or corporation owning or
operating a water or sewerage system in the territory annexed
to Baltimore city by this Act to make any improvements, or
construct, maintain, lay or operate any additional pipes or
appurtenances in, under or upon private rights of way, or upon
private property; but this provision shall not limit the right
of purchase or condemnation herein above given to the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore. Nothing in this Act shall be
construed to give authority to furnish water or to operate a
sewerage plant or system in any portion of the territory an-
nexed by this Act to Baltimore city, to any company or cor-
poration which is not otherwise entitled to do so. The word
'company' or 'corporation7 in this section shall be construed to
include any person or persons, firm or association. '"

No. 3—"Amend by changing the numbers of Sections 19,
20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 to Sections 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25, re-
spectively. "

[Which were made the order of the day for March 14, 1916,
at 8 o'clock P. M. ]