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highway, or any street or streets, lane or lanes, alley or alleys, in the
town of Emmittsburg, and to lay a pipe or pipes in such highway, or
in any of the said streets, lanes or alleys, for the purpose of convey-
ing and distributing the said water, and the said pipes, from time to
time to renew and repair, and for those purposes to dig, break up and
open, at their own expense, all or any part of such highway, or of
such streets and alleys, and of the pavements and footways thereof,
leaving at all times a sufficient passage way for carriages, horses
and foot passengers, and restoring forthwith to their former condi-
tion of all such highways, or all such of the said streets, lanes and
alleys, pavements and footways, as shall from time to time, and at
any time, be so dug, opened, or taken up.

Dec. Ses. 1822

9. And be it enacted. That the said corporation shall have full
power and authority to establish reservoirs and public fountains in
such parts of the streets and squares of the said town, as they may
think proper; and to grant to all persons whomsoever, and to all
bodies politic and corporate, the privilege of using the said water so
to be introduced, in such manner, and on such terms and conditions,
and in such quantities respectively, as they shall think fit; and the
said water, so to be introduced, together with all the reservoirs, pipes,
canals and tunnels, engines, buildings and machines whatsoever, to
be by them made and used for the purpose of introducing, raising
and distributing the said water, to hold to them, their successors and
grantees, as their sole and exclusive property.

Further
powers.

10. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons shall wilfully
do, or cause to be done, any act whatsoever, whereby the said works,
or any pipe, conduit, canal, water course, mound, plug, cork, reser-
voir, dyke, or any engine, machine, or structure, or any matter or
thing appertaining to the same, shall be stopped, obstructed, impair-
ed, weakened or injured, or willfully pollute the said water, by throw-
ing any dead animals, or other impure substance, into the same, or
by swimming, bathing, or washing therein, the person or persons, so
offending shall forfeit and pay to the said company, treble the amount
of the damages sustained by means of such offence or injury, to be
recovered by such company, with costs of suit, by action of debt, or
action on the case, in any court of judicature of this state, or by any
warrant before any magistrate thereof, which action shall in every
instance be considered as transitory in its nature, and shall and may
be triable in any county in this state.

Penalty for
offences.

11. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the said cor-
poration to enter into any negociations on bills or notes, nor to deal
in exchange, discount or other commercial or banking operations;
and dividends of the profits of the stock shall be annually made, re-
serving only, at the discretion of the directors, such proportion as
they or a majority of stockholders shall deem sufficient, for main-
taining and supporting the works necessary to promote or obtain the
objects of this incorporation; and if the said corporation shall not
carry into effect the intentions of this act, within live years from the
passage thereof, in that case all the powers hereby vested in them shall
cease and determine.

Prohibitions
and limits.

CHAPTER 169.

A supplement to an act, entitled, Ah act for the more effectual prevent-
ing of forgery, and to make it felony to steal bonds, notes, or other
securities for the payment of money.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
if any person shall falsely make, alter, forge or counterfeit, or cause

Passed Feb.
20, 1823.

Forgery of or-
ders, &c. made
felony.