PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 1155

age and drainage in said town, including also, if the said
Commissioners of Preston shall so determine, storm water and
other drainage from the streets, lanes and alleys thereof, and
that the Commissioners of Preston shall have full power of
determining when and where and in what order and under
what streets, lanes and alleys the sewers and drains shall be
constructed or laid; and to make contracts for the construc-
tion thereof. And shall have all powers necessary or appro-
priate for said purpose and for the accomplishment of the
objects thereof.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners of Pres-
ton shall have full power and authority to acquire by purchase,
lease, gift, devise or by condemnation in the manner prescribed
in section 399 to 404, inclusive, of Article 23 of Bagby's Anno-
tated Code of the Public Civil Laws of Maryland (1911),
title "Corporations," sub-title "Condemnation of Property by
Corporations," any lands or any interests therein in said town
of Preston, or in Caroline county adjacent to said town, which,
may be needed for the disposal of said sewage or drainage, or
for any pipes, sewers, buildings or other works or structures
needed for the construction and operation of said sewers or
disposal of said sewage or drainage.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners of Pres-
ton shall have full power and authority whenever said sewer-
age system shall be in proper working order to cause or require
any well, sink, cesspool or other receptable of sewage or drain-
age along the line of said sewer, either to be connected there-
with or to be cleaned out and filled up; said connection or
cleaning out and filling up to be at the expense of the owner
or occupant of the premises on which such receptable for sew-
age or drainage may be located. And the said Commissioners
of Preston shall have full power and authority to provide by
ordinance when and how such connections as may be required
shall be made, or any well, sink, cesspool or other receptacle
of sewage or drainage shall be cleaned out and filled up, and
to impose fines and penalties for the failure, neglect or refusal
of property owners or occupants of lands and premises in said
town to make such connections, or to clean out and fill up said
receptacles of sewage or drainage, and said fines and penalties
shall be collected as other fines or penalties are now or may
hereafter be collected.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners of Pres-
ton shall have power and authority and are hereby required
to levy all necessary taxes upon the assessed property within
the said town, not exceeding the rate of taxation fixed in the