Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-06-02

Southern Maryland Telephone
Company.
CHAPTER 353.

Section 1. Be II enacted by the General
Assembly OF Maryland, That John b.
Balienger, j. Francis Goad, GEORGE M.
Thomas, Zachariah X. Morgan and l..
Johnson Canter, their successors and as
signs. are hereby created and constituted
q body corporate under the name OF the
Southern Maryland Telephone Company.
and by that name shall have perpetual
and shall be capable 20 sue
and be sued, complain and defend in any
Court Of Law or Equity. to make and
use a common seal and 20 alter the same
af pleasure, TO receive and make deals
and contracts; to acquire by purchase or
in any other manner not inconsistent
with law, and deal with any property,
real, personal or mixed, which may be
necessary or proper to enable said cor
porafion To carry out its operations and
fulfill the purposes named in this Act and
generally TO do every other Act and thing
not Inconsistent with law, which may be
necessary or proper to promote the OBJ
iects, designs and purposes for which this
Is formed.
Section 2. And be il enacted, That the
capital stock of said body Incorporate shall
consist of five hundred shares Of the par
value of ten dollars each, and when the par
value Of any share shall have been fully
paid, the holders thereof shall not be in any
way liable TO the creditors Of the corpo-
ration, and said body corporate shall
have the right to increase itscapitals stock
from time TO time, by vote Of livestock
holders at a special meeting or meetings
20 be called and held for that purpose TO
any sum not exceeding twenty thousand
dollars.
Section 3. And be it enacted, That the
said.body corporate shall have the right to
install, maintain and operate telephones,
plants and exchanges, to build, con-
struct. equip, lease, own, acquire and OPP
eratetelephonel lines from Leonardtown TO
Charlotte Hall In st. Mary's county and
in and through the State of Maryland, and
elsewhere, and to engage generally in the
telephone business and in all the branches
OF the same and in the business of trans
uniting and communicating or Of pro-
yiding for the transmission or eommuni-
eating messages, news, information and
intelligence of all kinds from place to
place by means Of electric currents or e.
iects through wires or by wireless means
or systems or by any other unbound meth
DDS OF telephone communication with or
without wires and to build, install, lease,
acquire, hold, dispose of and operate all
the electric and telephone plant or plants
or other machinery, equipment, appara-
tus and appurtenanee necessary, useful
and proper for the conduct Of such bust
ness and branches Of business as afCre-
said.
Section 4. And be il enacted, That the
said body corporate shall have the right
for the purpose Of it's business as afore-
said Tn fFanaEnif 70. Ia e.. A,
transmission Of it's electrical currents or
effects, either above or below ground from
Leonardtown to Charlotte Hall in st.
Mary's County and throughout theState
of Maryland and elsewhere, and for said
purposes to erect poles and string wires
and to construct and operate above
ground, telephone systems, with all the
usual appurtenances or without wires or
by other improved means with whatever
form or equipment may be necessary or
suitable; to cross navigabie rivers or 9TH
er streams by sunken cables or overhead
construction, provided that navigation
liz not thereby interferred with, and fur
ther when necessary or desirable, the said
corporation shall have the right to lay
down and maintain an underground tel
ephone system, with all the necessary
conduits, ducts and mechanical and cleo
trical devices, appliances and appurten-
ces appertaining thereunto and necessa-
~, useful and proper for the carrying on
and operation of the business of said cor
poration az aforesaid; provided, further,
that before using the public or county
roads tine assent of such use by the Board
of County Commissioners must be first
had and obtained; and provided further.
that before using any of the lanes, alleys
and streets of any Incorporated town or
municipality, the assent of the authori-
ties OF said town or municipality must
he first had and obtained.
Section >. And be it enacted, That the
said body corporate shall have and en-
JOY all the general powers, provisions,
rights and privileges and be subject to the
general regulations contained i'm Article
% of the Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland and the supplements and
thereto, the said Article being
the Article providing for the formation,
powers and regulations of corporations,
40 lar as the same may not be ineonsis-
tent or in conflict with the special or
general regulations of provisions, DOW
ers, right and advantages conferred or
To be conferred by this Act and
that said corporation shall especially
have the powers to acquire land or rights
and easements therein or thereon by pur-
chase or by condemnation under the reg
ulations and provisions set forth i'm said
Article 23 of the Code of Public General
Laws and the amendments or supple
ments thereto.
Section q. And be it enacted, That the
said body corporate shall havethe power
To borrow money in such sums as may
be necessary or proper to enable it to
carry out Incorporate purposes and to is
sue it's bonds or other obligations for the
money so borrowed and to secure pay
ment of the same by n mortgage or mort
cages or by deed or deeds of trust of any
part or all of its corporate property and
and that the said corporation
July Incorporated shall have the right to
eyy and collect, tolls, rents or charges
Dr. TO contract for the same, for the useof
rs said lines, exchanges, apparatus, ser
vice and facilities and for the transmits
non OF messages, intelligence or informa-
ton whether with or without wires or
BY other means or systems as aforesaid.
Section z. And be it enacted. That the
said body corporate shall have the right
and power at any time to unite or con-
soiidate with any other telephone CON-
Dany or companies, which may be ineor- |
Dorated Tor the purposes set forth in this |
Act or which may be authorized to exer-
Use the powers conferred on the corpora
lion hereby Incorporated, whether such |
or companies shall have been
heretofore or shall be hereafter incorporat-
ID by virtue Of or by the General Laws Of |
his State or by any special law or act,
md any such company accompanies with |
which the corporation hereby Incorporate
ID is by this act, authorized To unite or
are harehr emma lis. "a ne a o.;.aa