894 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and Commissioners of Hancock may prescribe; and the said
Burgess and Commissioners of Hancock are authorized and em-
powered to allow such connection to be made with the houses
and buildings of persons living in the vicinity of Hancock and
beyond the corporate limits theredf, provided that the terms
upon which such connection may be made shall be advantageous
to the said Burgess and Commissioners of Hancock, and yield
a reasonable profit thereto, from a commercial standpoint, and
shall not conflict with the use of the same by the inhabitants of
Hancock, and the corporations, firms or establishments doing
business therein.

241S. If the Burgess and Commissioners of Hancock for
the purpose of exercising the powers conferred by this Act, can-
not agree with the owner or owners of any real estate, spring
brook, stream, water or water-course, or with the owner or
owners of any real or leasehold estate or land necessary and.
proper in the judgment of said Burgess and Commissioners for
the purposes set forth in the two preceding Sections or. through,
which it may be necessary to pass for conveying water, or con-
structing drains, or sewers as in this Act mentioned, or if such,
owner or owners is or are incapable of contracting, or is absent
from Washington County, or unknown, or under any legal lia-
bility whatever, the said Burgess and Commissioners of Han-
cock are authorized and empowered to acquire the same for the
purposes aforesaid by condemnation, according to the provisions
of Article XXXIIIA of the Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland, title "Eminent Domain—Regulating the Procedure
for the acqusition of property for Public Use by Condemna-
tion," as the same is enacted by Chapter 117 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland for the year 1912, and any
amendment thereto, and the provisions thereof to meet the re-
spective conditions as they may arise are hereby made applicable
to any and all proceedings of condemnation which may be
necessary by said Burgess and Commissioners. The provisions
of Section 241N of Article Twenty-two of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland, title "Washington County," sub-title
"Hancock," as enacted by Chapter 315 of the Acts of the Gen-
eral Assembly of Maryland of the year 1906, shall not apply
to the purchase, lease or condemnation of any land or real estate
purchased, leased or condemned for the purposes set forth in
this Act.

241T. The Burgess and Commissioners of Hancock are au-
thorized to fix rates and to charge and collect money for the