PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 1563

laborers and employees of any contractor or contractors en-
gaged in the performance of said work, the said bond to be
approved, in writing, by the Mayor of said town.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and
Town Council of the Town of Kensington are hereby author-
ized and empowered to contract for and purchase, in fee sim-
ple, or lease for a term of years renewable at their pleasure,
and to use and occupy the same, any land, real estate, private
water and sewers mains, pipes and conduits, wells or streams
which they may deem expedient and necessary for the purpose
of establishing and constructing, and in the maintenance, of
said water and sewerage system. If for any cause the said
Mayor and Town Council shall be unable to agree with any
owner or owners of real estate or leasehold property, wells,
streams, private water and sewer mains, pipes and conduits,
or for any right-of-way, or any other material which partakes
of or is a necessary part of realty, which they may find neces-
sary for the establishment and construction of said system, or
for the conduit of water into and of water and sewage in and
from said town, or if such owner is under any disability or
incapacity to contract, or is absent from the County, or un-
known, the said Mayor and Town Council of the said Town of
Kensington are hereby clothed with the power of condemna-
tion, under the right of eminent domain, as provided in Sec-
tions 360 to 366, inclusive, of Article 23 of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, as fully as if said Sections had
been herein incorporated, and the manner of procedure of
condemnation for the purposes of this Act shall be in all par-
ticulars the same as provided by the aforesaid Sections and
Article of the Public General Laws of Maryland.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the title to said
water and sewerage system, all land, water courses, water-
ways, wells, conduits, pipes, mains, machinery, buildings and
all other parts thereto shall, when completed or acquired, vest
in the town of Kensington, a municipal corporation; and the
Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Kensington shall
have the power to fix schedules of rates for furnishing water
and sewerage facilities to private residences and other build-
ings in the said Town of Kensington, the income thereof to be
applied for maintenance of said system, said charges therefor
to be payable as other town taxes are payable and be a lien
upon the real estate against which it is levied; and, in their