ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1505
and City Council of Baltimore and located in Baltimore

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County.

d. To make and enter into any and all contracts, agree-
ments and stipulations germane to the scope of their duties
and powers under this Act.

e. To purchase or otherwise lawfully obtain the use of all
machinery, tools, appliances and agencies which, in their opin-
ion, may be needed in the performance of their duties under
this Act.

f. To acquire by gift, purchase, arbitration, exchange, lease or
other like methods of acquisition, or by condemnation, any land
or property, public, quasi-public or private, situated in Balti-
more County or any easements, interest, privilege or franchise
therein, which may be required for any of the purposes of this
Act; provided, however, that nothing in this Act shall author-
ize the County Commissioners of Baltimore County to con-
demn any part of the water system of Baltimore City or any
sources of water supply owned by said city.

Section 2. Whenever fifty or more of the taxable inhabi-
tants of Baltimore County shall, in writing, petition the County
Commissioners of Baltimore County to install a water system
or extend an existing water system into and through an area
in Baltimore County, to be definitely described in said petition,
the County Commissioners of Baltimore County shall there-
upon determine whether the public health, welfare and con-
venience requires the construction or extension of a water sys-
tem in and through the area described in said petition; and if,
in their judgment, the public health and convenience does
require the construction or the extension of a. water system
into and through said area they shall immediately appoint three
capable and upright citizens of Baltimore County, not residing
within the area to be served by the proposed new system or by
the extension of an existing system into said area, and not
owning property in said area, who shall be known as water
examiners and who shall investigate and determine the prob-
able cost of constructing and establishing such system, and the
names of the property owners in the area to be served by the
proposed water system and the amount to which each will be
actually benefited or damaged thereby, and shall return such
estimate and the probable cost, damage and benefits to said
County Commissioners. The County Commissioners shall then
assess the cost of constructing and establishing the proposed
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