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or leasehold estate or land through which it may be necessary to have a;
right of entry or passage for conveying water or constructing a sewer
or if such owner or owners is or are incapable of contracting or is absent
from Washington County or unknown, it shall be lawful for the said
the Burgess and Commissioners of Hancock, and it is hereby authorized
and empowered to acquire the same by condemnation in the manner set
forth in Sections 203 and 204 of Article 23 of the Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland (1924 Ed.), and any amendments thereto and the
provisions thereof to meet conditions as required are hereby made appli-
cable to any and all proceedings of condemnation which may be necessary
by said Burgess and Commissioners.

1910, ch. 33, sec. 8 (p. 1186).

518. The title to said waterworks and all lands, estate, water courses,
water ways, reservoirs, dams, wells, conduits, pipes, fire plugs, machinery,
appliances and any and all parts thereof whatsoever, and all property and
things belonging or appertaining thereto, shall vest in the Burgess and
Commissioners of Hancock, as also any and all sewers that it may lay
out and construct.

1910, ch. 33, sec. 9 (p. 1186).

519. The said Burgess and Commissioners are authorized to fix rates
for the use and consumption of water supplied for any purpose, and may,
in their discretion, place meters or other appliances for the purpose of
measuring the water used by consumers and make a rate or charge therefor
accordingly, and may likewise, in their discretion, impose a reasonable
charge for the tapping or use of any sewers that may be made or laid out
by said Burgess and Commissioners.

1910, ch. 33, sec. 10 (p. 1187).

520. The said Burgess and Commissioners are hereby authorized and
empowered to do all acts necessary and proper to carry out the provisions
of this Act, whether such powers are specially herein mentioned or not,
and to pass any and all ordinances necessary for the carrying out of the
provisions of this Act.

1910, ch. 33, sec. 11 (p. 1187).

521. The said Burgess and Commissioners are authorized to provide
by ordinance for the protection of the said waterworks, pipes, hydrants,
fire plugs or other parts thereof, and sewers, and to provide penalties for
any violation of such ordinance not inconsistent with the provision of the
existing charter of the said town of Hancock.*

1914, ch. 525, sec. 241Q.

522. The Burgess and Commissioners of Hancock are authorized and
empowered to locate, design, adopt, construct, operate and maintain, re-

*Sec. 13, ch. 33, 1910 (p. 1187), repealed all Acts inconsistent therewith.