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Hyattsville its ownership in said excepted tract the right to use said
excepted tract for road or other public purposes being hereby given said
town, and such ownership and right to use to be conclusively admitted by
said Beach by his acceptance of said quitclaim.

WATEK WORKS.*

1900, ch. 216, sec. 2. 1912 Code, sec. 277.

495. The said commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to
cause to be constructed and maintained a system of water-works for the
town of Hyattsville, and to purchase in fee simple or lease, in the corpo-
rate name of the Commissioners of Hyattsville, any land which they may
deem expedient for the purpose of establishing and maintaining the said
water-works. The said commissioners are also hereby vested with the
power of condemnation under rights of eminent domain, as provided in
Article 23, section 203, of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland,
as fully as if said section had been herein incorporated. The said manner
of procedure of the said commissioners in condemnation to be in all par-
ticulars the same as is provided by said article and section aforesaid.

1900, ch. 216, sec. 3. 1912 Code, sec. 278.

496. The said Commissioners of Hyattsville are hereby authorized to
provide for and have control of hydrants in the streets for the protection
of property from fire, and such other purposes as they shall specify;
to purchase supplies for the maintenance of said water works; to cause
necessary repairs and renewals to be made; to make extensions; to employ
employees; to care for and operate said water works; to establish rules
for the service of water to consumers; to have the right to determine the
kind and size of the water pipes, the time and manner of laying the same,
and the right to elect to lay the same, and to change and collect the cost of
the same on the property served; to have the right to elect to require and
install necessary water meters, and to determine the size, kind and cost
of the same, and to charge and collect the same on the property served, and
the right to inspect and control the management of the same, the service
of the same service and distribution pipes, and all other fixtures and
appliances for the use of the water; the right to fix and establish from
time to time a schedule of rates and charges for water, the charges to be
due and payable semi-annually, with penalty of three per cent, if not paid
within fifteen days next following the day they are due, and with penalty
of six per cent, from that day if not paid until after the said fifteen days;
said charges shall be and are herewith made a lien on the property served,
and if not paid within six months from the day they are first due and
payable, shall, together with the penalties, be collected according to law
in the manner provided for by the rules aforementioned. It shall be the

*Sec. 1, ch. 216, 1900, provided for $30,000 bond issue for water works. Secs. 5-7
of said chapter related to sale of bonds, disposition of proceeds, etc, Ch. 6, 1901
(Special Session) validated said bonds.