1916] OF THE SENATE. 473

pany in the territory into which the Baltimore city water
service is to be so extended, excepting, however, lines of any
water company used for supplying persons living outside of
the limits of Baltimore city as fixed by this Act. No such
water company 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 granting 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 application 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 privilege charge, any
franchises 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 sewage 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 Balti-
more city sewerage system into any such territory, the city
shall acquire, either by purchase or condemnation, the prop-
erty of the said company or corporation having such sewage
disposal plant and sewer pipes connected therewith in the
territory into which the said Baltimore city sewerage system
may be extended. But no sewerage system, other than the
Baltimore city 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 consent of the Board of Estimates of Baltimore
city. The Board of Estimates shall grant such privilege, when