94 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 58

Company between March 1, 1918, and the date of the final
consummation of said purchase at the cost price of said exten-
sions and additions as is more fully provided in Section 13 of
this Act.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That should the Mayor
and Council of Hagerstown, at an}' time after purchasing or
acquiring said plant as aforesaid, require any additional land,
water right, watercourse, stream of water, easement, privilege
or franchise for the purpose of enlarging said plant or improv-
ing its efficiency, the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown is
hereby authorized and empowered to acquire the same, either
by purchase or lease, of whatever duration, and if the Mayor
and Council of Hagerstown cannot agree with the owners upon
a reasonable price therefor, then and in that event the Mayor
and Council of Hagerstown be, and it is hereby, authorized
and empowered to acquire the said land, right, water, water-
course, stream of water, easement, privilege or franchise by
condemnation; and whenever resort shall be had to condemna-
tion proceedings the procedure shall be as provided by Chapter
463 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland passed
at its January Session, 1914, which &aid Act is known as Arti-
cle 33A of the Public General Laws of Maryland regulating
the procedure for the acquisition of property for public use by
condemnation, and all rights, powers and privileges conferred
by said Act relating to the condemnation of property for pub-
lic use is hereby expressly conferred upon and vested in the
Mayor and Council of Hagerstown, and after the acquisition
of the plant, property, rights, privileges and franchises as
aforesaid of the Washington County Water Company, the said
Mayor and Council of Hagerstown is hereby authorized and
empowered to pass all ordinances necessary to provide for the
operation, management, maintenance and improvement of said
water system and the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown is
hereby authorized and empowered to furnish water to any per-
son, firm, corporation or municipality in Washington County
outside of the corporate limits of Hagerstown.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the Mayor and
Council of Hagerstown shall, pursuant to the provisions of
this Act, purchase the plant of the Washington County Water
Company, then and in that event the Washington County
Water Company, upon payment by the Mayor and Council of
Hagerstown, of the purchase price as fixed by the Public Serv-
ice Commission of Maryland, and ratified by the stockholders: