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to be performed by the president of the commissioners shall be performed
by the Mayor, if there shall be one.

1901 (Special Session), ch. 6, sec. 2. 1912 Code, sec. 286.

499. All powers conferred and duties imposed by Ch. 216, 1900, upon
the Commissioners of Hyattsville are hereby conferred and imposed upon
the Mayor and Common Council of Hyattsville. All powers and duties
conferred and imposed upon the president of the commissioners; upon the
Mayor; those of the treasurer and clerk respectively of the commissioners;
upon the treasurer and clerk respectively of the Mayor and Common Coun-
cil of Hyattsville, and all the provisions of said act in respect to the ex-
emption of the bonds and coupons from taxation, the sinking fund therefor,
the cancellation of bonds purchased, the payment of the interest on the
bonds and the disposition of the proceeds thereof, shall apply to the bonds
to be issued under the authority of this act, provided, however, that nothing
contained in this act to which it is supplementary is intended or shall be
construed to exempt the bonds authorized thereby from taxation for State
purposes, and that so much of the said Act of 1900 as authorized such
exemption is hereby repealed.

SEWERAGE SYSTEM.

1904, ch. 125, sec. 1. 1912 Code, sec. 287.

500. The Mayor and Common Council of Hyattsville are hereby fully
authorized and empowered, to construct, establish and maintain in work-
ing order a sewerage system in the town of Hyattsville for the collection,
transmission and disposal of drainage and sewerage from the houses and
other buildings, and cesspools, wells, sinks and other receptacles for sewer-
age, drainage, etc., in said town; including also, if the said Mayor and
Common Council shall at any time so determine, storm water and other
drainage from the streets, lanes, roads and alleys thereof, and that the
Mayor and Common Council of Hyattsville shall have power to determine
when and where, and in what order and under what streets, roads, lanes
and alleys the sewers and drains shall be constructed or laid, and to make
contracts for the construction thereof, and shall have all powers necessary
or appropriate for said purposes and for the accomplishment of the objects
thereof.

Lyon v. Hyattsville, 125 Md. 308.

1904, ch. 125, sec. 2. 1912 Code, sec. 288

501. The Mayor and Common Council of Hyattsville shall have full
power and authority to acquire by purchase, lease, gift or devise, or by
condemnation in the manner described in sections 331 to 337, inclusive,
of Article 23 of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, title
"Corporations," subtitle "Condemnation of Property by Corporation,"
any lands, or any interest therein, in said town of Hyattsville, or in Prince
George's county, adjacent to said town, which may be needed for the dis-
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