WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 219

(iii) In St. Mary's County, persons owning real estate within 5 miles of
the premises for which a license is sought shall be among those persons signing the
certificate.

(iv) This certificate is not necessary for applications filed in
DORCHESTER COUNTY, Prince George's County, Montgomery County and Anne
Arundel County.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1993.

Approved May 11, 1993.

CHAPTER 219
(Senate Bill 200)

AN ACT concerning

Telephone Companies - Powers

FOR the purpose of clarifying that all certain telephone companies that own lines and
provide local exchange or interexchange service in this State with the approval of
the Public Service Commission have the same condemnation powers as telegraph
companies with respect to constructing, laying, and maintaining lines only.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 23 - Miscellaneous Companies
Section 326 and 340
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 23 - Miscellaneous Companies

326.

The provisions of §§ 317 to 325, both inclusive, in relation to telegraph companies,
shall likewise apply to and have full force and effect in respect to telephone companies
[created under the provisions of this article] THAT OWN LINES AND PROVIDE LOCAL
EXCHANGE OR INTEREXCHANGE SERVICE IN THIS STATE WITH THE APPROVAL OF
THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.

340.

Any of the corporations formed under class thirteen, § 28 of this article, as codified
by the Code of 1904 OR REFERRED TO IN § 326 OF THIS ARTICLE, shall have the power
which is conferred upon telegraph companies incorporated under this article by § 318,

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