§ 24-1. Authority to lay wires.

The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, of Baltimore City, and the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company acting separately, or in conjunction, are respectively authorized to lay their or their respective telephone wires intended to be used in connection with the Telephone Exchange to be established in the building belonging to The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, at the corner of St. Paul Street and Bank Lane, in the City of Baltimore, in cables, laid in suitable conduits under the surface of the streets, alleys, or highways in said City, now traversed, or to be so traversed by their said respective wires, with the necessary manholes for affording access to said cables.