472 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

same is hereby repealed, so far as any leases entered into and
made by the said Burgess and Commissioners of Williamsport
for any of the purposes set forth in this Act are concerned.
If, for any cause, the said Burgess and Commissioners shall be
unable to agree with the owner or owners of any real or lease-
hold estate, spring, brook, water, water course, or any other
property or material which partakes of, or is a part of any real
or leasehold estate, to be used for and in connection with said
water works and electric light, heat and power plant, or for any
rights of way which they may find necessary for conduits for
said water and electric wires, poles and appliances to conduct
the same to and through said town, or if such owner is under
any disability or incapable of making a contract, or is absent
or unknown, then the said Burgess and Commissioners of Wil-
liamsport are hereby clothed with the power of condemnation,
under the rights of eminent domain, as provided for under the
Public General Laws of the State of Maryland, as fully and
to the same effect as if the same were herein and hereat at
length set forth, and their proceedings in such condemnation
shall conform in every respect to the provisions of said Public
General Laws. The said Burgess and Commissioners shall have
full power to make all necessary rules and regulations for the
erection, management and maintenance of said water works and
electric plant, to establish rates for water and electric ser-
vice ; they shall have power to enter into contracts for building
said works, to contract for materials therefor, to employ all
necessary labor and clerks, and to fix their compensation; it be-
ing understood and herein expressly provided that the said
water works and electric light plant shall as far as possible, be
constructed jointly, and that the same power used in connec-
tion with the operation of said water works shall be used for
the generation of electricity.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of paying
said bonds at maturity, and the interest thereon, as the same
shall fall due, or as the same may be called for redemption, as
hereinbefore set forth, the said Burgess and Commissioners are
hereby authorized and required to levy such tax upon the prop-
erty within the taxable limits of said town, as may be necessary
to enable them in connection with their use, and the revenues
arising from said works, to pay said bonds, and the interest
thereon, and the operating expenses and necessary repairs to
said works in each year, until all said bonds shall be paid off.
The said taxes so levied shall be collected as the other taxes of