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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

for the conduits of said water in its entry into the said town,
or if such owner is under any disability or incapacity to con-
tract, or absent, or unknown, the said Water Board of Laurel
is hereby clothed with the power of condemnation under the
right of eminent domain, as provided in Section one hundred
and sixty -seven of Article 23 of the Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland as fully as if said section had been herein
incorporated; and their manner and procedure in condem-
nation for the purposes of this Act shall in all particulars be
the same as is provided by said Section one hundred and

Term of
office.

sixty -seven of said Article 23. The four citizens' names in
this Act shall serve one for one year, one for two years, one
for three years and one for four years, shall on the organization
of the board draw lots for their several terms, and at the expira-
tion of each term of office the Mayor and City Council shall
elect a person to serve three years, and a vacancy by death,
resignation or removal from the town to be filled by the
Mayor, subject to confirmation by the City Council; and
said Water Board shall organize within thirty days after the
adoption of this Act by the people, by electing a president,
secretary and treasurer, and shall keep a record of their pro-
ceedings, which shall be open to public inspection. The
said Water Board of Laurel shall have full power to fix
schedules of rates for furnishing water to private residences
and other buildings, and also in case of the purchase or con-
struction of an electric-light plant shall have like power to
fix schedules of rates for lighting residences and other build-
ings, and the said Mayor and City Council shall have power
to collect the same as other taxes are collected, and the
income thereof shall be applied as above indicated, first for
expenses and maintenance, and afterwards for the payment
of interest and sinking fund to meet the bonds at maturity.

Title,
when com-
pleted.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the title to said water
works and all lands, estates and watercourses, waterways,
conduits, pipes, machinery and all other parts thereto shall,
when completed or acquired, vest in the Mayor and City
Council of Laurel; and every person who shall knowingly or
wilfully pollute any spring, stream, brook, watercouse, reser-
voir or standpipe in connection with the said water works so
built or constructed by throwing any impure or deleterious
substance or thing into the same, or by swimming, bathing
or washing themselves, or by washing clothes or any other
unclean or impure thing therein, or by committing any
nuisance in or near the sources of supply or the reservoir or
standpipe for said water works, so as to pollute the same shall,