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and void. All the provisions of law now governing elections in said town
are hereby made applicable to said elections under the provisions of this
Act as fully as if they were incorporated herein, except as they be con-
tradicted by or repugnant to the provisions of this Act, and except further
that it shall not be necessary, before holding any such election as herein
provided, to have any registration of voters or any revision of the poll
books of said town.

The judges of election at said election shall at the close of the polls on
said election day cast up the votes and make certificate of the same in
the usual form and forward the said certificate and return the ballots to
the Clerk of the Court for Washington County, and upon receipt by said
Clerk of the said certificate and ballots he shall make proclamation of the
result by publication in one or more newspapers (not exceeding two)
published in said county.

1929, ch. 97, sec. 3,

793. If the result of said election shall be in favor of the Bond issue,
that the Burgess of Smithsburg, as soon after this Act becomes effective,
as it is possible so to do, by and with the advice and consent of the Com-
missioners of said town, shall (immediately) appoint from the taxpayers
of said town, four persons of proper personal qualification, who. together
with the Burgess, shall constitute and be a water Board, and shall have
charge of the construction and management and maintenance of said Water
Works and Water Distribution System. They shall appoint from their
own number a treasurer, who shall give bond to be approved both as to
amount and sureties by said Water Board for the faithful performance of
his duties as such Treasurer. The said Treasurer shall receive the pro-
ceeds of sale of said bonds or any other money which may be received on
account of Water Works and Water Distribution System, shall deposit
the same in a bank to be designated by said Water Board, and shall dis-
burse the same on orders of said Water Board by check to be signed by
himself and by the Burgess of said town. The said Water Board is
authorized and empowered to contract for, purchase in fee simple or lease
for a term of years, renewable at their pleasure, any land, real estate,
spring, brook or water course, which they may deem necessary for the
purpose of supplying the said town and citizens thereof with water, and
they are hereby vested with all the rights and powers necessary for the
introduction of water in said town, including the authority to contract
with any water company, persons or corporation, to furnish water sufficient
to supply the needs of said town. If from any cause said Water Board
shall be unable to agree with any owner of real or leasehold estate, spring,
brook, water or water course or any other material which partakes of or
is a part of real estate, or for any right of way which they may find
necessary for conduits for said water to enter in and distribute through
said town, or if such owner is under any disability or incapacity to con-
tract, or absent or unknown, the said Water Board is hereby clothed with
power of condemnation under the right of eminent domain, as now pro-
vided by the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland as fully as if