182 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 93

in said town, and to run and operate the same for municipal
and commercial purposes; and for the purposes of this Act to
acquire by purchase or condemnation whatever property or
rights-of-way within or outside of the corporate limits of said
town of Manchester they may deem necessary and proper; and
for doing whatever work and employing whatever help is neces-
sary therefor; the said Mayor and Common Council of Man-
chester are authorized, empowered and directed to borrow on
the faith and credit of said town, not to exceed in the aggre-
gate the sum of sixty thousand dollars, and to issue bonds there-
for to be known as the "Manchester Water Bonds, " said bonds
to be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the Clerk to
the Major and Common Council of Manchester, with the cor-
porate seal of said town affixed thereto.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever it shall
be deemed necessary by the Mayor and Common Council of

Manchester to take or acquire any land, structures or build-
ings, or any stream bed, water way, water rights or water shed,
either in fee or as an easement, within or without the town of
Manchester, for the construction, extension or maintenance of
any water main, or appurtenance thereof, or for any reservoir,
water purification plant, tank or pumping station, the Mayor
and Common Council may purchase the same from the owners,
or failing to agree with the owner or owners thereof, may con-
demn the same by proceedings in the Circuit Court for Carroll
County, as now provided for condemnation of land by public
service corporations in the Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland; and said Mayor and Common Council may likewise
condemn the interest of any tenant, lessee or other person hav-
ing an interest in said land, structures or buildings, stream
bed, water way, water rights or water shed. At any time after
ten days after the return and recordation of the verdict or
award in said proceeding's, the said Mayor and Common Coun-
cil may enter and take possession of the property so condemned,
upon first paying to the Clerk of the Court the amount of said
award and all costs taxed to date, notwithstanding any appeal
or further proceeding upon the part of the defendant: at the
time of said payment, however, they shall give their corporate
undertaking to abide by and fulfill any judgment on such ap-
peal or further proceeding.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said bonds shall
be issued in such denominations as the Mayor and Common
Council of Manchester deem best, with coupons attached there-