298 ARTICLE 1A.

WATER SUPPLY.

1922, ch. 96, sec. 68.

68. The Mayor and City Council of Cumberland shall have the right
to enlarge, improve, alter and reconstruct the water works and system of
the City of Cumberland, with power, from time to time, to contract for,
purchase, lease and hold in fee simple or for a term of years any land,
real estate, spring, brook, water and water course, and also the right to
use and occupy forever or for a term of years any land, real estate, spring,
brook, or water course which they may deem expedient and necessary for
the purpose of conveying water into said city, for the use of said city,
and for the health and convenience of the inhabitants thereof, and also
the right to enter, pass through, from time to time, as occasion may re-
quire, and to use and occupy the said lands through which they may deem
it necessary to convey said water, and they are hereby invested with all
the rights and powers necessary for the introduction of water into the
said city.

1922, ch. 96, sec. 69.

69. Said Mayor and City Council are hereby authorized to agree with
the owner or owners of any land, real estate, spring, brook, water or water
course as aforesaid, earth, timber, stone, or other material which they
may conceive expedient or necessary to purchase and hold for the purpose
of introducing an additional supply into or improving the present supply
of water in the City of Cumberland.

1922, ch. 96, sec. 70.

70. If the said Mayor and City Council cannot agree, or if there be
any incapacity or disability to contract with the owner or owners of such
land, or real estate, spring, brook, water or water course as aforesaid,
earth, timber, stone or other material, or with the owner or owners of
such land through which they may find it necessary to have a right of
way, or entry, or passage for the purpose of conveying the said water into
or through the said city, or if such owner or owners shall be absent out
of the State, or unknown, or without legal capacity to contract, by reason
of infancy, coverture or otherwise, it shall be lawful for the Mayor and
City Council of Cumberland to secure by condemnation, any such lands,
real estate, spring, brook, water or water course, easement or franchise,
earth, timber, stone or other materials which they may deem necessary,
in the same manner and by the same proceedings as is now provided for
in condemnation by corporations under Article 23, Section 390*, etc.,
of the Code of Public General Laws of the State of Maryland.

1922, ch. 96, sec. 71.

71. The said Mayor and City Council of Cumberland are hereby au-
thorized to subscribe for and take stock in any water company, formed

*Sec. 331, etc., of 1924 edition evidently intended.