EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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may deem expedient or necessary to purchase and hold for
the purpose of building sewers and drains, or for the pur-
pose of constructing and operating a general sewerage and
drainage system of said city, or for the purpose of carrying
out or exercising any of the privileges and powers granted
said Mayor and Councilmen by law, and if the said Mayor
and Councilmen cannot agree with the owner or owners,
or if any of them be absent from the State or unknown,
or without legal capacity to contract, by reason of infancy
coverture, insanity or otherwise, it shall be lawful for
said Mayor and Councilmen to select by condemnation any
such land, real or leasehold estate, improved or unimproved,
right of way, easement, water right or water course, which
they may deem necessary for the purpose of building or
operating any sewer or sewers, or drain or drains, or for a
general sewerage or drainage system, or for any of the public
purposes for which said Mayor and Councilmen are granted
powers by law, in the same manner and by the same pro-
ceedings as are now provided for in condemnation by corpo-
rations under Article 23, Sections 248 to 252, inclusive, of
the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland.

IMPROVEMENT OF WATER WORKS AND RENTS.
159. The Mayor and Councilmen of Frostburg shall have

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the right to enlarge, construct, alter and improve the water
works system of the city of Frostburg, with the power from
time to time to contract for, purchase, lease and hold in fee
simple, or for a term of years, any land, real estate, spring,
brook, water and water course, and also the right to use and
occupy forever, or for a term of years, any land, real estate,
spring, brook or water course, which they may deem expe-
dient and necessary for the purpose of conveying water into
said city for the use of said city, and for the health and
convenience of the inhabitants thereof, and also the right to
enter, pass through, from time to time, as occasion may
require, and to use and occupy the said lands through which
they may deem it necessary to convey said water, and they
are hereby invested with all the rights and powers necessary
for the introduction of said water into said city.

ACQUIRING PROPERTY FOR WATER WORKS.

Improvement
of water
works and
rents.

160. And the said Mayor and Councilmen of Frostburg
are hereby authorized to agree for the purchase, lease and
rental thereof with the owners of any land, real estate,

Acquiring
property for
water works.