1542 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 790]

bowling alley, billiard or pool rooms, camp-meeting grounds,
or public assembly of any kind. The said Mayor and Council
shall also have power by ordinance to provide for the punish-
ment of any person, persons or corporation who shall violate any
of the provisions of this section by a fine not to exceed fifty
($50.00) dollars in any one case, or imprisonment in the county
jail of the county in which said offense shall be committed for
a period not exceeding ninety (90) days, or both. Nothing in
this section shall be construed as giving the said Mayor and
Council any authority to license the sale of spirituous, malt or
otherwise intoxicating liquors or any amusement in that part of
said town, which lies in either Prince George's or Montgomery
counties when the local statutes of said counties prohibit such
sale or amusement therein.

1898, ch. 125, sec. 3.

629. The council of said town is authorized and empowered
to construct, maintain and operate water works, a sewerage
system and an electric lighting plant for said town, and to con-
tract for, purchase in fee simple or lease for a term of years,
any real estate, right of way, spring, brook or water course, or
any personal property which they may deem- expedient for the
purposes aforesaid. And said council is hereby vested with all
the rights and powers necessary for the construction, mainte-
nance, and operation of said improvements in said town. If
from any cause said council shall be unable to agree with any
owner of real estate, spring, brook, water course or right of way,
or of any interest or claim therein, or if said owner be under
any disability or incapacity to contract, or absent from the
State, or unknown, the said council is hereby granted the pow-
ers of condemnation under the right of eminent domain, as pro-
vided in section 167, Article 23 of the Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland, as fully as if said section had been herein
incorporated; and the manner and procedure in condemnation
for the purposes of this act shall be in all particulars the same as
is provided by section 167; provided, that if it shall become
necessary to condemn any property lying within the limits of
said town, and partly in Montgomery and partly in Prince
George's county, the proceedings in relation thereto shall be had
in the former county.

1898, ch. 125, sec. 4.

630. That said council is hereby authorized and empowered
to do all acts necessary and. proper to carry out the provisions
of this sub-title of this article; to contract for the building and
construction of all or any portion of said improvements, either
in one contract or in several, either with or without prior adver-