354 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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 particulars the same as provided by the afore-
said Sections and Article of the Public General Laws of Mary-
land.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the title to said sewer and
water system, all land, water courses, waterways, wells, conduits,
pipes, mains, machinery, buildings and all other parts thereto
shall, when completed or acquired, vest in the Town of Mt.
Rainier, a municipal corporation; and the Mayor and Common
Council of the Town of Mt. Rainier shall have the power to
fix schedules of rates for furnishing water and sewerage facili-
ties to private residences and other buildings in the said
Town of Mt. Rainier, or which can be connected to any sewer
or water main forming part of said system, the income thereof
to be applied to the maintenance of said system, except as
hereinafter provided; such 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 the said Mayor and Common
Council may, in their discretion, contract with any person or
corporation outside the corporate limits of said town to furnish
water and sewerage facilities, or either; the said Mayor and
Common Council are furthermore fully authorized to pass all
necessary ordinances, with penalties for their violation for the
proper installations, security, protection and use of said sewer
and water system; and to make such extensions of said sewer
and water system, or either, as may from time to time appear
necessary to them.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of
paying said bonds and the coupons thereon, issued under the
provisions of this Act, the said Mayor and Common Council of
the town of Mount Rainier shall have authority, and are hereby
authorized, empowered and directed so to do, to annually assess
equally against the total number of front feet of all real estate
in said town abutting on sewer and water mains, and to levy
thereon as a special sewer and water tax, an amount sufficient
to pay the said bonds and the coupons thereon, as said bonds
and coupons may severally mature as hereinbefore provided,
the owner or owners of said abutting real estate being assessed
in proportion to the number of assessable front feet owned by
him, her or them; provided, that when corner property under
one ownership fronts or abuts on two streets or public highways