EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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I. To make all such preliminary investigations and to do

Preliminary
investiga-

all such preliminary work as should, in its judgment, precede

tions.

the actual projection, construction and establishment of said

system of sewerage.

2. To project and adopt such a system of sewerage as it may

To adopt a
Sewerage sys-

deem best calculated to promote the objects of this Act.

tem.

3. To construct and establish all such local, district, lateral,

Constructing
sewers, build-

intercepting, outfall or other sewers, and all such conduits,

ings, plants,

drains and pumping or other plants, and all such buildings,

etc.

structures, works, apparatus or agencies, and to lay all such

mains and pipes and to create or use, or create and use, all

such instrumentalities and means, within the City of Baltimore,

or any counties of the State, including submerged as well

as other lands, as it may deem expedient for carrying said

system of sewerage, projected and adopted as aforesaid into

full effect. And said commission is hereby specifically em-

powered to lay or construct, and the Mayor and City Council

of Baltimore to maintain, without compensation to the State,

any part or parts of said system of sewerage, or of its works

or appurtenances, over or upon any part or parts of the bed

of the Patapsco river or its branches, or of any land covered

by any of the navigable waters of this State, the title to which

is held by this State, and if the same be deemed advisable by

the "said commission, the Governor of Maryland is hereby

authorized and directed, upon the application of the said com-

mission, to execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Mayor and

City Council of Baltimore such deed or deeds as may be

Deed or deeds.

proper for the purpose of fully confirming this grant.

4. To incorporate with said system of sewerage or other-

wise utilize for the purpose of this Act, so far as it may deem

expedient, any or all existing public sewers or drains, including

Public sewers
and drains.

storm water sewers and drains, in theCity of Baltimore,

and any or all of their appurtenances, either in their present

condition or with such repairs, modifications or changes as

said commission may see fit to make, and to condemn, close up,

abolish or destroy, in its discretion, any or all such existing

public sewers and drains, or to alter their functions, or to in-

crease their burdens, at it may think best.

5. To appoint or employ a chief engineer and such other

Chief Engi-

professional or technical advisers and experts, and such agents,

neer.

assistants, clerks, employees and laborers, skilled or unskilled,

of all kinds, as it may deem requisite, for the due and proper