1788 ARTICLE 7.

cil of Manchester, it shall be collectible against the owner of the property
served, in the same manner as other debts are collectible in the town of
Manchester.

1924, ch. 93, sec. 13.

203. The Mayor and Common Council of Manchester may enter upon
any county or municipal street, road or alley or any public highway, other
than a State highway, for the purpose of installing, maintaining and
operating the water supply system provided for under this Act, and they
may construct in such street, road or alley or public highway, a water
main, or any appurtenance thereof, without the receipt of a permit or the
payment of a charge; provided that whenever any county or municipal
highway is to be disturbed, the public; authority having control thereof
shall be duly notified, and provided further that said highway shall be re-
paired and left by the Mayor and Common Council of Manchester in the
same or a not inferior condition to that existing before being torn up,
and that all costs incident thereto shall be borne by the Mayor and Com-
mon Council of Manchester.

1924, ch. 93, sec. 14.

204. Any employee or agent of the said Mayor and Common Council
of Manchester shall have the right of entry, at all reasonable hours, upon
any private premises and into any building in the town of Manchester
while in the pursuit of his official duties, and any restraint or hindrance
offered to such entrance by any owner or tenant or agent of said owner
or tenant, shall be a misdemeanor, punishable under Section 206 of this
subtitle.

1924, ch. 93, sec. 15.

205. Any individual, firm or corporation, having buildings, conduits,
pipes, tracks or other physical constructions in, over or under the public
roads, streets or alleys of the town of Manchester, which shall block or
impede the progress of the water supply system of the Mayor and Com-
mon Council of Manchester, while in the process of construction and
establishment, shall, upon reasonable notice from said Mayor and Com-
mon Council of Manchester promptly so shift, adjust, accommodate, or
remove the same, at their own cost and expense, as to fully meet the
exigencies occasioning the said notice, and should the exigencies of any
case involve a taking, in the constitutional sense, of the franchise or right
in the exercise of which obstruction had its origin, the Mayor and Com-
mon Council of Manchester shall be empowered to condemn an easement
in said franchise or right. Any violation of the provisions of this section
shall be a misdemeanor, punishable under Section 206 of this sub-title.

1924, ch. 93, sec. 16.

206. Every act or omission designated as a misdemeanor in this Act,
unless otherwise provided, shall be punishable before any justice of the
peace, or the Circuit Court for Carroll County, and shall be brought by