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nine. The said bond shall be issued in series numbered from series one to
series twenty, each series to be of the amount of one thousand dollars and
payable to the said amount of one thousand dollars annually until the end
of the said twenty years; they shall be sold at public or private sale as the
said Burgess and Commissioners shall decide is for the best interests of
the taxpayers of said town, and shall not be sold for less than their par
value; they shall be exempt from municipal or county taxation, and shall
have printed on them a distinct reference to the Act of Assembly authoriz-
ing their issue.*

1898, ch. 27, sec. 3.

851. If the result of said election shall be in favor of the bond issue
the Burgess of Williamsport, by and with advice and consent of the

Commissioners of said town, shall immediately appoint from the tax-
payers of said town four persons of proper personal qualifications, who,
together with the Burgess, shall constitute and be a Board of Supervisors,
and shall have charge of the instruction and management and mainte-
nance of said water works and electric plant. They shall appoint from
their own number a treasurer who shall give gond to be approved (both
as to amount and sureties) by the said Board of Supervisors for the faith-
ful performance of his duties as such treasurer. The said treasurer shall
receive the proceeds of sale of said bonds or any other moneys which may
be received on account of said respective works, shall deposit the same in
a bank to be designated by said Board of Supervisors, and shall disburse
the same on the orders of said board by check to be signed by himself and
the said Burgess. The Board of Supervisors are authorized and empow-
ered 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 the citizens thereof with water, and they are hereby vested
with all the rights and powers necessary for the introduction of water and
of establishing an electric plant in said town. If from any cause said
Board of Supervisors shall be unable to agree with any owner of real

or leasehold estate, spring, brook, water or water course or any other mate-
rial 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 contract, or absent or unknown, the said Board of Super-
visors is hereby clothed with the power of condemnation under the right
of eminent domain, as provided in Section 203 of Article 23 of the Code
of Public General Laws as fully as if said section had been herein incor-
porated, and their proceedings in such condemnations shall conform to the
provisions of said Section 203 of Article 23. The said Board of Super-
visors shall make rules and regulations for the erection, management and
maintenance of said water and electric works and establish rates for water

*Sec. 2, ch. 27, 1898, provided for submitting Act to the voters of the town. Ch.
30, 1900, changed date of redemption of bonds.