Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1894-05-04
PUBLIC GENERAL Ia Ws.
CHAPTER 2O7.

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AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 20 OF
THE toDE OF PUBLIC GENkR l.
LAWS OF THIS STATE, TILE or
PORATIONs," SUBTITLE TELL
GRAPH COMPANIES" AS THE SAME
WAS AMENDED BY THE ACT OF
1892, CHATTER 1877, REGULATING
VILLAGES OF THE STATE OF MARY
LAND, BY ADDING TO SAID ARTICLE
AS 80 AMENDED BY SAID AZ ], TWO
ADDITIONAL SECTIONS TO COME y
AFTER SECTION 2s2 =; OF SAID ~
BE DESIGNATED AS SECT ONS 1872 y,
AND 232 O, TO PERMIT THE MAKING
OF SPECIAL CONTRAt rs FOR IELE-
PHONE EQUIPMENT AND sERNI j.
IN TIE CiTIES, TOWNS AND VII
Lagos OF THE sTATE OF MARY I
APPOINTMENT OF A COMMISSION
TO INVEsTIGAJ r THE AFFA IRIS AND
OPERATIONS OF THE CHESAPE ) kE
AND POTOMAC TBLEi HONE co.,
PANY AND THE GEE SAIEaKE AND
POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY
OF BALTIMORE CITY.
SECTION /. Be II enacted ~ he General
Assembly Of Maryland That Article twenty
three OF the Code OF Public General Laws OF
this State, title Corporations" subtitle
Telegraph Companies" as the same was
amended by the Act OF eighteen hundred and
ninety-two, chapter three hundred and eighty
seven, regulating the rental and use OF teie-
phones in the cities, towns and villages in the
State Of Maryland, be and the same Is hereby
amended by adding to said Article as so
amended by said Act Of eighteen hundred
and ninety-two, chapter three hundred and
eighty-seven, two additional sections to come
In after section two hundred and thirty-two
e, OF said amended Article, and to be desig-
mt tod az iona fxua hundred and thirtE-tW0
F, and two hundred and tbirty-two g, which
said additional sections shall read as follows;
232 +. But any person, firm or corpora
ton may contract In writing, or partly IN
print and partly in writing, and not other
wise, with any individual, company or corpora
ton, now or hereafter, owning, controlling,
managing or operating any telephone line or
lines within the limits OF this State for such
special form, description and amount OF tele-
phone equipment and service, expressed In
such contract, as such person, nrm or cor
poration may need, at such rates, and upon
such terms and conditions as may be agreed
upon between the parties to such contract,
and be expressed therein, but shall not other.
wise be entitled thereto, and every form OF
such special contract, made for any year,
shall constitute and be form OF contract Tor
like special telephone equipment and service
into which every other person, firm or cor
poration In like situation with the person,
ilrm or corporation so contracting, and de-
string n like special form, description and
amount of telephone equipment and service
shall have a right to enter, in such year, with
the party 30 contracting for such telephone
equipment and service; the special contract
mentioned in this section shall be entered in
to before such equipment and serviceare sup
Piled Provided however, that nothing IN
this section shall be so construed as to impair
the obligation of the individual, company or
corporation owning, controlling managing or
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within the limits OF this State, to furnish In
accordance with the requirements OF sections
232 A, 282 d, 232 @, 232 d, and 292 Il. OF the
Code OF Public General Laws (Articletwcnty-
three), title Corporations, subtitle .'Ieie-
graph Companies,' - as enacted by the Act OF
OF eighteen hundred and ninety
two, chapter three hundred and eighty. seven,
and at the rates Of charge mentioned in SAID
sections 232 A, and 282 j, telephone equip
ment and service OF the kind and description
which Ia now furnished by the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company OF Baiu-
more City at the rate OF charge mentioned IN
said sections 1852 A, and 1882 Is, and the said
company as a condition precedent to the
exercise Of any Of the powers conferred ny
this Act shall forthwith file in the Office OF
the Clerk Of the Court OF Appeals OF mary
land TO be by said clerk annexed TO the orlgi-
nal OF this Act filed In his ofiice full ana
adequate description In detail, and certified
by the Governor OF this State to be full and
adequate description, OF the equipment now
used by said company In furnishing the ser
vice mentioned In this proviso, which de-
scription or a copy thereof duly certified by
said clerk shall be taken as true description |
Of said equipment In all proceedings, whether !
civil or criminal, which may hereafter be |
taken to enforce the requirements OF TINS pro-
viso or OF the sections OF Article rs therein |
and the said equipment shall al
ways include and secure for each subscriber
a separate wire; and II any individual, COM
pany or corporation owning. controlling or
or operating telephone line or
lines within the limits OF this State, shall, at
anytime hereafter, neglect or refuse to furnish
the equipment and service mentioned in this
proviso to any person or corporation entitled
thereto under the terms Of the sections oil
Article rs enumerated in said proyiso, the
said individual, company or corporation SO
refusing or neglecting, and the officers and
agents Of any such company or corporation,
and the agents of every such individual shall
be liable to Indictment therefor, and upon
thereof shall be fined FOR each
offense not less than fifty dollars, nor more
the Court, and provided also, that any per-
son entitled to telephone service under the
provisions Of said sections $50 A to 232 L,
both inclusive, but no other person, shall have
the right and privilege to use, without extra
charge. any other telephone equipment with
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toned equipment. and any individual, COM
pany or corporation, or the officers and agents
OF any such company or corporation, and the
agents OF every such individual refusing OF
neglecting to allow such right or privilege,
shall be liable to indictment, and upon con-
yiction thereof shall be fined for each offense
not less than fifty dollars nor more than two
hundred dollars in the discretion of the Court.
2S2 q. Aud be 10 further enacted, That
there shall be appointed by the Governor,
three persons, citizens OF the State OF Mary.
land, who shall serve without pay, and shall
be styled Telephone Commissioners who
shall have the powers, and discharge the
duties hereinafter mentioned, that is to say,
they shall, by a full and thorough invcsti-
CATION, ascertain the amount expended by
the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company, or the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company OF Baltimore City. in the
acquisition Of the rights of way and other
easements, now held by either Of said COM
panies IN the State OF Maryland and the
amount expended in tho construction of the
plant, equipment and works now owned by
them or either OF them. and used in connt c.
ton with tho telephone business in said State
OF Maryland; and also the cost of furnishing
in the City Of Baltimore and other places in
said State said telephone SERVICE both that
known as the ordinary or grounded service,
and also that known as the metallic circuit
service; they shall also procure all such other
information which in their Judgment shall be
necessary and proper TO determine what
ought to be lair and sufficient rates for fur
nishing such telephone service in the City Of
baltimore and other places in tho State of
Maryland. For the purpose of diseharging
the duties hereby imposed on them, the COM
missioners above named are hereby author
lied to make such examination of the books,
papers and accounts Of the companies above
named, Is shall he necessary for that pur-
pose, and also to summon before them, and
examine under oath. TO be by them admins
tered, all the officers and agents OF said COM
panies and such other persons whom they
may deem necessary TO examine for the pur-
poses above mentioned, which said summons
the shertfis OF Baltimore City and the several
counties OF Maryland are hereby directed to
serve The said commissioners are also here
by authorized TO employ an expert accountant
10 apant them In the dische rge of their dntlcs