1854 ARTICLE 7.

such construction had its origin, the Mayor and Council shall be empow-
ered to condemn an easement in said franchise or right. Every public
service corporation, company or individual, before it or they shall begin
any underground construction in any street, road, alley or; public high-
way within the town of Sykesville, shall file with the Mayor and Council
a plan of such construction showing 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 Council before any con-
struction is begun; and when approved no change shall be made in the
physical location of anything shown upon said plan except upon the
approval of the Mayor and Council. Whenever any such underground
main, conduit or pipe is put in without the filing of plans with the Mayor
and Council and the approval thereof, or when any change is made in
the physical location of such underground main, conduit or pipe, as
shown upon the plans approved by the Mayor and Council, or any ap-
proved change therein, the Mayor and Council, when such conduit, main
or pipe interferes: with the construction or operation of its water and
sewer systems, remove the same or change the location thereof at the cost
and expense of the party so putting them in, or its successors, and without
any liability upon the part of the Mayor and Council for damage that
might be done to the same by reason of the Mayor and Council's operations
in constructing or maintaining its systems. Any violation of the pro-
visions of this sectiou shall be a misdemeanor punishable under Section
400 of this subtitle.

1922, ch. 469, sec. 15.

399. Whenever it shall be deemed necessary by the Mayor and Council
to take or acquire any land, structures or buildings, or any stream-bed,
water-way, water rights or water shed., either in fee or as an easement,
within the town of Sykesville, for the construction, extension or mainte-
nance of any water main, sewer, or appurtenance thereof, or for any
sewage disposal plant, reservoir, water purification plant, tank or pump-
ing station, the Mayor and Council may purchase the same from the
owners.

1922, ch. 469, sec. 16.

400. Every act or punishable* before any as a misdemeanor in this
Act, unless otherwise provided, shall be punishable before any justice
of the peace, or the Circuit Court of Carroll County, and shall be brought
by warrant or indictment upon the oath or information of any member of
the Mayor and Council or any employees thereof, and the offender shall,
upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or
30 days in the county jail, or both, in the discretion of the court. Where
such an act or commission is of a continuing nature, and is persisted in,
in violation of the provisions of this Act, or any rule or regulation formu-
lated thereunder, a conviction for one offense shall not be a bar to a con-

*The Act reads this way.