The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-05-22
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS

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off the water from the property IN
question and it shall not be turned
on again until said bill shall have
/ been paid, togethre with such turn-on
charge as the Mayor and Town
/ Council shall require. il any bill shall
remain unpaid for sixty days after
being sent cut by the Mayor and
Town Council, it shall be collectlb!e
acainst tine owner Of the property
served, in the same manner as othcr
public debts are collected in the said
town.
J Sec. u. And be it further enacted,
That the Mayor and Town Council
may enter upon and State or county
1 highway for the purpose Of Installing,
maintaining and operating its water
or sewerage systems, and it may con-
struct in such highway a water main
or sewer or any appurtenance thereof
without the receipt Of a permit or the
payment of a charge; provided, that
whenever any State or county high
way is to be disturbed the public au-
/ thority having control thereof shall
be duly notified, and provided fur
Their that said highway shall be re
paired and left by the Mayor and
| Town Council i'm the same or not
inferior condition to that existing be-
fore being torn up, and that all costs
incident thereto shall be borne by the
Mayor and Town Council.
Sec. -. And be it further enacted,
That any employee or agent Of the
Mayor and Town Council shall have
the right of entry, at all reasonable
hours, upon any private premises and
into any building in the said town,
and outside Of said town if the prem
ise8 or building is connected with the
said towns water system OF sewerage
system, while in the pursuit Of his Of
fetal duties, and any restraint or him
drance offered to such entrance by
any owner or tenant OF agent of said
owner or tenant, shall be a nlisde-
meanor, punishable under Section 16
Of this Act.
Sec. Il. And be it further enacted,
That all individuals, firms and corpo-
Irations having buildings, conduits,
pipes, tracks or other physical OBJ
structions in, over or under the public
roads, streets or alleys Of the said
town, or of those portions of Garrett
/ County outside of said town, which
shall block or impede the progress of
| the said towns water or sewerage
system, while in process Of c0nstruC-
tion shall upon reasonable notice
| from the Mayor and Town Council,
promptly to shift, adjust, accommo-
date or remove the same, at their own
cost and expense as to fully meet the
! eXigencies occasioning such notice;
and should the eXigencies of
any case involve the
taking, in the constitutional sense, Of
the franchise on right in the exercise
Of which such construction had it's or
igin, the Mayor and Town Council
shall be empowered to condemn an
easement in said franchise or right.
/ Every public service corporation, COM
Ipany or individual, before it or they
/ shall begin underground construction
in any street, road, alley or public
! highway within the said town, shall
| file with the Mayor and Town COun-
/ Gil a plan of such construction show
| ing the location and depth in such
street, road, alley or public highway
! Of the proposed main, conduit or pipe;
which plans must be approved by the
Mayor and Town Council before such
construction is begun; and when APP
proved no change shall be made in the
| physical location of anything shown
upon said plan except upon approval
| of the Mayor and Town Council.
| Whenever any such underground
MAN. conduit or pipe is put in with
out the filing of plans with the Mayor
and Town Council and the approval
thereof, or when any change is made
| in the physical location of such under
ground main, conduit or pipe as shown
upon the plans approved by the May
or and Town Council, or any approved
change therein, the Mayor and Town
| Council, when such conduit, main or
| pipe interferes with the construction
or operation of its water OF sewerage
| systems, may remove the same or
change the location thereof at the
cost and expense of the party putting
| them IN, or its successors, and with
out any liability upon the part of the
Mayor and Town Council for damage
that might be done the same by rea-
son of the Mayor and Town Council
operations in the constructing and
maintaining its systems. Any VIC
lations of the provisions of this sec
ton shall be a misdemeanor punish
able under Section 16 of this Act.
Sec. Is. And be it further enacted.
That whenever it shall be deemed nee
essary by the Commission to take or
acquire any land, structures or build
lngs, or any stream bed, waterway.
water-rlght or watershed, either in
fee or as an easement, within or with
out the said town, for the cOnstruc-
ton, extension or maintenance of any
water main or sewer, or appurtenance
thereof, or for any reservoir, water
publication plant, tank or pumping
station, the Mayor and Town Council
may purchase the same from the own
erS, or failing to agree with the owner
or owners thereof, may condemn the
same by proceedings in the Circuit
Court of Garrett County, as now pro-
vided for condemnation of land bv
public service corporations in the Code
of Public General Laws of MARYLAND.
and the Mayor and Town Council of
kitzmillersville may likewise condemn
the interest of any tenant, lessee or
other person having an interest in
said land, structures or buildings.
stream-bed, waterway, water-rights
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