1916] OF THE SENATE. 867

territory occupied by any existing water company, the Mayor
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
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 apply-
ing to and obtaining from the Board of Estimates of Balti-
more 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 exist-
ing right to maintain said pipes. And the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore shall grant to every such water com-
pany, upon payment of the usual franchise or minor privilege
charge, any franchise or minor privileges which may be ap-
plied for to lay enlarged or additional pipes through any of
the public highways within the limits of Baltimore city
as established by this Act, which may be necessary for sup-
plying customers outside of said limits. Any company or
corporation owning or operating any sewage disposal plant
and sewer pipes connected therewith within the territory an-
nexed by this Act to Baltimore city shall be entitled to con-
tinue such service until such time as the Baltimore city
sewerage system may be extended into the territory, or any
part thereof, occupied by such company or corporation. Be-
fore 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 corpora-
tion having such sewage disposal plant and sewer pipes con-
nected therewith in the territory into which the said Balti-
more city sewerage system may be extended. But no sewer-
age system, other than the Baltimore city sewerage system,