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pass all necessary orders for the payment oif property pur-
chased or condemned, and for material furnished, in pursuance
of the provisions of this Act; said Mayor and Common Council
may, in its discretion, employ a competent engineer to plan and
superintend the work of establishing and constructing the said
system.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That any contract or con-
tracts for the construction and installation of said system, or
any portion thereof, shall be awarded by the said Mayor and Com-
mon Council only after due advertisement of not less than once
a week for four successive weeks in some newspaper published
in said Prince George's County, the terms of the proposal and
the manner of receiving bids and awarding the contract or con-
tracts to be in the discretion of the said Mayor and Common
Council; the person or persons to whom such contract or contracts
shall be awarded shall, if required, furnish a surety company
bond- with penalty approved by the said Mayor and Common
Council and conditioned on the faithful performance of his or
their contract or contracts, in accordance with the plans, specifi-
cations and general stipulations under which the work is carried
out.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor and
Common Council of the Town of Mt. Rainier are hereby author-
ized and empowered to contract for and purchase, in fee simple,
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
sewer mains, pipes and conduits, wells or streams which they
may deem expedient and necessary for the purpose of establish-
ing and constructing, and in the maintenance, of said sewer and
water system. If for any cause the said Mayor and Common Coun-
cil shall be unable to agree with any owner or owners of any
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 necessary for the establish-
ment 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 unknown, the said Mayor and
Common Council of the said Town of Mt. Rainier are hereby
clothed with the power of condemnation, under the right of em-
inent domain, as provided in Sections 360 and 366, inclusive, of
Article 23 of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, as