4018 ARTICLE 17.

WATER AND SEWEBAGE SYSTEM.*

1916, ch. 94, sec. 1. .

793. The Mayor and Common Council of Mount Rainier are hereby
authorized and empowered to construct, establish and maintain in work-
ing order a water and sewerage system in the town of Mount Rainier,
Prince George's County, Maryland, for the furnishing of water to the
houses and other buildings of the said town, and to the residents thereof,
and for the use of said town, for the putting out of fires and other public
purposes, and for the collection, transmission and disposal of drainage
and sewage from the houses and other buildings, and from receptacles for
sewage and drainage in said town, and including, if the Mayor and Com-
mon Council of Mount Rainier shall so determine, storm water and other
drainage from the streets, lanes, roads and alleys thereof.

The Mayor and Common Council of Mount Rainier shall have power
and authority to determine where and under what streets, lanes, roads and
alleys the water and sewer mains and pipes shall be constructed. The
plans for such construction shall contemplate as far as possible a system
which will supply the needs of the entire town, and they shall be approved
by the State Board of Health of Maryland before they are adopted by the
Mayor and Common Council of Mount Rainier.

1916, ch. 94, sec. 2.

794. The Mayor and Common Council of Mount Rainier shall have
full power and authority to acquire by purchase, lease, gift, devise, or by
condemnation in the manner now prescribed by law for the acquisition of
private property for public use, any lands, or any interest therein, in or
near said town of Mount Rainier which may be needed in the construc-
tion of said water or sewerage system, or for any filtration plant, disposal
plant, buildings, works, or structures, of any kind or character, necessary
for the proper construction or maintenance thereof.

1916, ch. 94, sec. 3.

795. The Mayor and Common Council of Mount Rainier shall have
full power and authority to construct said water and sewerage system, and
to place water and sewer mains and connections in or under the beds of
any of the streets, roads, alleys, ways, or lanes of said town, and in and
under any lots or parcels of ground belonging to or which may be acquired
by the Mayor and Common Council of Mount Rainier, and to require the
owners or occupants of any dwellings, houses, sinks, wells, cesspools, and
receptacles of water or sewage in said town, to connect such dwellings,
buildings, etc., with said water mains, and with said sewerage mains
whenever and in whatever manner they may find shall be necessary for
the public health of said town. And the Mayor and Common Council of

*Ch. 94, 1916, adopted by the voters as provided by sec. 10 of said Act. Sec. 4
authorized $100,000 of bonds for water and sewerage system. Seyboldt v. Mt.
Ranier, 130 Md. 69. See also Weber v. Probey, 126 Md. 545, in which oh. 250, 1914,
was held invalid.