4854 ARTICLE 22.

water shall so be supplied outside of said corporate limits of said town
of Hancock shall be advantageous to the said Burgess and Commissioners,
of Hancock and yield a reasonable profit thereto, from a commercial stand-
point in the conduct and operation of said water works or system of water
works.

1914, ch. 525, sec. 241R.

523. The Burgess and Commissioners of Hancock are authorized and
empowered to locate, design, adopt, plan, construct, operate and maintain
sewers, a sewerage system, sanitary sewers, a system of sanitary sewerage,
drains, or a drainage system, and from time to time to repair, extend,
enlarge or improve the same, for the purpose of providing the inhabitants
of Hancock with the benefits attending the use and operation of the same,
and to this end may contract for, purchase in fee simple or lease for a
term of any number of years, exceeding the term of fifteen years, if
deemed desirable, any land or real estate, situate either within or without
the corporate limits of Hancock, as may be necessary or proper to carry
out the aforegoing purposes; may lay pipes, or conduits, and purchase all
supplies, machinery, appliances and materials necessary or proper for
effecting the aforegoing purposes; may employ all necessary labor, and
in general do and perform all acts and incur all expenses necessary and
proper to carry out and effect said purposes; or they may, in their dis-
cretion, let out the whole, or any part of the work, supplies, appliances,
machinery and materials to a contractor or contractors, as said Burgess
and Commissioners of Hancock may deem to the best interest of the town
of Hancock, and said Burgess and Commissioners are authorized and
empowered to employ engineers, superintendents and foremen, and other
persons of skill and special knowledge, in the designing, construction,
maintenance, operation, repairing, extension, enlargement and improve-
ment of the said sewers, sewerage system, sanitary sewers, system of sani-
tary sewers, drains or drainage system; and the said Burgess and Com-
missioners are authorized and empowered to make connection therewith,
and allow the same to be made, with the houses and buildings of the in-
habitants of Hancock and of any corporation, firm, or establishment doing
business therein, upon such terms, and subject to such rules and regula-
tions as said Burgess and Commissioners of Hancock may prescribe; and
the said Burgess and Commissioners of Hancock are authorized and em-
powered to allow such connection to be made with the houses and build-
ings of persons living in the vicinity of Hancock and beyond the cor-
porate limits thereof, provided that the terms upon which such connection
may be made shall be advantageous to the said Burgess and Commissioners
of Hancock, and yield a reasonable profit thereto, from a commercial
standpoint, and shall not conflict with the use of the same by the inhabi-
tants of Hancock, and the corporations, firms or establishments doing busi-
ness therein.

1914, ch. 525, sec. 241S.

524. If the Burgess and Commissioners of Hancock for the purpose
of exercising the powers conferred by this Act, cannot agree with the