WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 797

thority to acquire by purchase, lease, gift, devise or by con-
demnation in the manner prescribed in Article 33A of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Eminent
Domain", any lands or interest therein in the town of Funks-
town or adjacent to said town, which may be needed for the
disposal of said sewage or drainage, or for any pipes, sewers,
buildings or other works or structures needed for the con-
struction and operation of said sewers or disposal of said
drainage.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Burgess and
Commissioners of Funkstown shall have full power and
authority to construct said sewers and drains in or under the
beds of any of the streets, roads, alleys and lanes, and in or
under any lots or parcels of ground belonging to or which it
may acquire, and to connect therewith at the expense of The
Commissioners of Funkstown, or to acquire or cause all
owners of property along the line of said sewer or drain to
connect therewith, at the cost of said owners, their respective
house or buildings, drains, sinks, wells, cesspools and re-
ceptacles of water or sewage, and full power and authority
is hereby conferred upon the Burgess and Commissioners of
Funkstown to provide by ordinance or ordinances when and
how such connections shall be made, and the fines and penal-
ties for the failure, neglect or refusal of property owners of
houses or other buildings and land in said town to make or
permit such connections, and for injuries to or interference
with said sewers, drains, pipes and connections, and said
fines and penalties shall be collected as other penalties and
fines are collected.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That whenever said
sewerage system and sewage disposal plant shall be in proper
working order for receiving and disposing of the sewage or
drainage of any property along the line of said sewer, the
Burgess and Commissioners of Funkstown shall have full
power and authority to compel all owners of said property
and it shall become the duty of all such owners, at the ex-
pense of said owners of said property, forthwith to connect
their respective houses or other buildings, drains, wells, sinks,
cesspools or other receptacles of sewage or drainage, with
said sewerage system, and forthwith either to seal up or fill
up their privy sinks, wells, cesspools, drains or sewage re-
ceptacles, and to abandon the use of the same, under the
direction and control of the Burgess and Commissioners of
Funkstown. And full power and authority is hereby con-
ferred to provide by ordinance or ordinances fines and penal-
ties for the failure, neglect or refusal of the owners or occu-
pants of such premises to seal up or fill up such wells, privy