568 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 207

ecution of said works; and also from time to time to pass orders
for the payment for property purchased or condemned and for
material furnished in pursuance of this Act.

SEC. 81-Y. That the Commissioners of Ellicott City are hereby
em/powered to construct and erect an electric light plant for sup-
plying said City with electric current, and to contract for the
purchase in fee simple or lease for a term of years, renewable at
their pleasure, any land, real estate, springs, brooks, water
courses, rights-of-way, etc., and to use and occupy forever, or
for a term of years, any land, real estate, springs, brooks, water
courses, or rights-of-way, which may be deemed necessary for
supplying and furnishing said City with electric current, and
they are hereby provided and invested with all the rights and
powers necessary for the purpose of supplying and furnishing
electric current in said City and its vicinity. If, for any cause,
the Commissioners of Ellicott City shall be unable to agree with
any owner or owners of any real estate, land, springs, brooks,
streams or water courses or any other material which partakes
of real estate, or for any right-of-way which they may find nec-
essary for conducting said electric current into and in said City,
or if any owner is unable, from disability or incapacity, to con-
tract with said Commissioners of Ellicott City, or, absent out of
the County or unknown, the said Commissioners of Ellicott City
are hereby clothed with the power of condemnation under the
right of eminent domain as provided for in the public general
laws of this State as fully as if said public general laws had been
herein incorporated, and their manner of procedure for the pur-
poses of this Act shall in all particulars be the same as is pro-
vided by the said public general laws of Maryland. The said
Commissioners of Ellicott City shall have the power of fixing a
schedule of rates for furnishing electric current to private con-
sumers, subject to the approval of the Public Service Commis-
sion, and to provide for the collection of said charges as other
taxes are collected. The income thereof shall first be applied
for the maintenance of said electric Light plant, and afterwards
for the payment of interest accrued on said bonds, and then to
the sinking fund to meet the bonds as they severally fall due.
The Commissioners shall also have power to appoint or employ
the necessary employes or agents to correctly conduct said elec-
tric light plant, and to provide for their rate of compensation.
The City Registrar shall collect all bills for furnishing current
to private consumers, shall keep a detailed account of all re-
ceipts and expenditures arising from said plant, and each year