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of the Mayor and Town Council for damage that might be done to the
same by reason of the Mayor and Town Council operations in the con-
structing or maintaining its systems. Any violations of the provisions of
this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable under Section 281 of this
Article.

1924, ch. 381, sec. 15.

280. Whenever it shall be deemed necessary by the Commission to take
or acquire any land, structures or buildings, or any steam bed, water-way
water-right or water-shed, either in fee or as an easement, within or with-
out the said town, for the construction, extension or maintenance of any
water main or sewer, or appurtenance thereof, or for any reservoir, water
purification plant, tank or pumping station, the Mayor and Town Coun-
cil may purchase the same from the owners or failing to agree with the
owner or owners thereof, may condemn the same by proceedings in the
Circuit Court of Garrett County, as now provided for condemnation of
land by public service corporation in the Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland, and the Mayor and Town Council may likewise condemn
the interest of any tenant, lessee or other person having an interest in said
land, structures or buildings, stream bed, water-way, water-rights or
water-shed. At any time after ten days after the return and recordation
of the verdict or award in said proceedings, the Mayor and Town Coun-
cil may enter and take possession of the property so condemned, upon
first paying to the clerk of the court the amount of said award and all
costs taxed to date, notwithstanding any appeal or further proceeding upon
the part of the defendant, at the time of said payment, however, it shall
give its corporate undertaking to abide by and fulfill any judgment on
such appeal or further proceeding.

1924, ch. 381, sec. 16.

281. Every act or omission designated as a misdemeanor in this Act
unless otherwise provided, shall be punishable before any justice of the
peace, or the Circuit Court of Garrett County, and shall be brought by
warrant or indictment 'upon the oath or information of any member of
the Mayor and Town Council or any employee thereof, and the offender
shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding one hundred dol-
lars or 30 days in the county jail, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Where such an act or omission is of a continuing nature, and is persisted
in, in violation of the provisions of this Act, or any rule or regulation for-
mulated thereunder, a conviction for one offense shall not be a bar to a
conviction for a continuation of such offense subsequent to the first or any
succeeding conviction.

1924, ch. 381, sec. 17.

282. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this
Act, are hereby repealed to the extent of their inconsistency, provided
that nothing herein contained shall be taken as affecting Chapter 810 of
the Acts of the Maryland Legislature of 1914, nor as restricting any con-