4834 ARTICLE 22.

1918, ch. 58, sec. 2.

464. Should the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown, at any time after
purchasing or acquiring said plant as aforesaid, require any additional
land, water right, watercourse, stream of water, easement, privilege or
franchise for the purpose of enlarging said plant or improving its effi-
ciency, the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown is hereby authorized and
empowered to acquire the same, either by purchase or lease, of whatever

duration, and if the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown cannot agree with
the owners upon a reasonable price therefor, then and in that event the
Mayor and Council of Hagerstown be, and it is hereby, authorized and

empowered to acquire the said land, right, water, watercourse, stream of
water, easement, privilege or franchise by condemnation; and whenever
resort shall be had to condemnation proceedings the procedure shall be
as provided by Chapter 463 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-
land passed at its January Session, 1914, which said Act is known as
Article 33A of the Public General Laws of Maryland regulating the pro-
cedure for the acquisition of property for public use by condemnation,
and all rights, powers and privileges conferred by said Act relating to
the condemnation of property for public use is hereby expressly conferred
upon and vested in the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown, and after the
acquisition of the plant, property, rights, privileges and franchises as
aforesaid of the Washington County Water Company, the said Mayor and

Council of Hagerstown is hereby authorized and empowered to pass all
ordinances necessary to provide for the operation, management, main-
tenance and improvement of said water system and the Mayor and Coun-

cil of Hagerstown is hereby authorized and empowered to furnish water
to any person, firm, corporation or municipality in Washington County

outside of the corporate limits of Hagerstown.

1918, ch. 58, sec. 3.

465. If the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown shall, pursuant to the
provisions of this Act, purchase the plant of the Washington County
Water Company, then and in that event the Washington County Water
Company, upon payment by the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown, of the
purchase price as fixed by the Public Service Commission of Maryland,
and ratified by the stockholders of said company and the qualified voters

of Hagerstown, together with such additional sum, as may, upon the date
of the consummation of said sale, be found to be due under the provisions

of Section 475 of this sub-title as hereinafter set forth, shall convey, trans-
fer and assign to the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown all of its real
and personal property, rights, ways, waters, streams of water, water-

courses, franchises and easements as may be embraced in the valuation of
said plant made by the Public Service Commission of Maryland and in
any additional inventory of valuation which may be furnished under the
provisions of Section 475 of this sub-title as hereinafter set forth; and

the Mayor, by and with the consent of the Council, shall appoint a per-