232 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 96

city, for the use of said city, and for the health and convenience
of the inhabitants thereof, and also the right to enter, pass
through, from time to time, as occasion may require, and to
use and occupy the said lands through which they may deem it
necessary to convey said water, and they are hereby invested
with all the rights and powers necessary for the introduction
of water into the said city.

69. Said Mayor and City Council are hereby authorized to
agree with the owner or owners of any land, real estate, spring,
brook, water or water course as aforesaid, earth, timber, stone,
or other material which they may conceive expedient or neces-
sary to purchase and hold for the purpose of introducing an
additional supply into or improving the present supply of
water in the City of Cumberland.

70. If the said Mayor and City Council cannot agree, or
if there be any incapacity or disability to contract with the
owner or owners of such land, or real estate, spring, brook,
water or water course as aforesaid, earth, timber, stone or other
material, or with the owner or owners of such land through
which they may find it necessary to have a right of way, or
entry, or passage for the purpose of conveying the said water
into or through the said city, or if such owner or owners shall
be absent out of the State, or unknown or without legal ca-
pacity to contract, by reason of infancy, coverture or otherwise,
it shall be lawful for the Mayor and City Council of Cum-
berland to secure by condemnation, any such lands, real estate,
spring, brook, water or water course, easement or franchise,
earth, timber, stone or other materials which they may deem
necessary, in the same manner and by the same proceedings as
is now provided for in condemnation by corporations under
Article Twenty-three, Section 339, etc., of the Code of Public
General Laws of the State of Maryland.

71. The said Mayor and City Council of Cumberland are
hereby authorized to subscribe for and take stock in any water
company, formed under the laws of this State or any other state
of the Union, which shall have for its object the furnishing and
supplying of water to the City of Cumberland in accordance
with the plan voted for by a majority of the votes cast at the
election held in 1910. But in case of any subscription to the
stock of any such company the Mayor and City Council of
Cumberland shall take all the stock in such water company
except such shares as may be necessary to allot to citizens of the