PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR, 103

in accordance with the provisions of said act, and said issue
having been approved by a majority of the qualified voters of
said town; and whereas the said Mayor and Commissioners are
anxious to provide a water system for said town in accordance
with the spirit and provision of said act; and whereas it has
been found necessary in order to provide a complete supply of
pure water for said town, it will be necessary to purchase or

condemn a water line through a portion of Allegany county as
well as Garrett county;

AND WHEREAS, It has been found that the aforesaid Act of
Assembly and the original charter incorporating the said Town

of Westernport fail to give the said Mayor and Commissioners

of the Town of Westernport the authority to so purchase said
right of way, or failing to agree with the owners of the property
through which said proposed water line should run, the right to
condemn said right of way;

Now, therefore, be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the Mayor and Commissioners of the Town of
Westernport in Allegany county shall have full power and
authority to contract with any corporate body, individuals or
other persons in order to establish a complete system of water
works for the Town of Westernport, and shall have power to
regulate the erection and management of the same, by passing
ordinances pertaining thereto, and also to grant by ordinances

or otherwise the right to lay conduits or water mains through
the streets of said town, or may contract for such service them-
selves. And authority is hereby given said Mayor and Com-
missioners of Westernport to condemn any land, earth or stone

or any interest therein, either in Allegany or Garrett counties,
if they are not able to agree with the owners for such rights of
way, if the same should become necessary for the erection of the
aforesaid water system; and the Mayor and Commissioners

of Westernport in Allegany county shall have all the right and
authority as set out in Article 23 of the Code of Public Gen-

eral Laws of Maryland from sections 397 to 404 inclusive, and
to contract for and condemn land of sufficient width for the
placing of conduits or water pipes and land for reservoirs for
the use of said water system, and they shall have power to pass
all such ordinances as may be necessary into effect this provi-
sion.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 27, 1912.