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orders of said Water Board by check to be designated by him-
self and the Burgess of said town. The said Water Board is
authorized and empowered to contract for, purchase in fee sim-
ple or lease for a term of years, renewable at their pleasure,
any land, real estate, spring, brook or water course, which they
may deem necessary for the purpose of supplying the said town
and the citizens thereof with water, and they are hereby vested
with all the rights and powers necessary for the introduction
of water in said town, including the authority to contract with
any water company, persons or corporation, to furnish water
sufficient to supply the needs of said town. If from any cause
said Water Board shall be unable to agree with any owner of
real or leasehold estate, spring, brook, water or water course

or any other material which partakes of or is a part of real
estate, or for any right of way which they may find necessary
for conduits for said water to enter in and distribute through
said town, or if such owner is under any disability or incapac-
ity to contract, or absent or unknown, the said Water Board
is hereby clothed with power of condemnation under the right
of eminent domain, as now provided by the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland as fully as if said provisions had
been herein incorporated. The said Water Board shall make
rules and regulations for the construction, erection, manage-
ment and maintenance of said waterworks and water distribu-
tion system and shall establish rates for water service, and shall
make semi-annual reports of their proceedings and of the con-
dition of said waterworks and water distribution system to the
Burgess and Commissioners of Williamsport; they shall have
power to enter into contracts for building said waterworks and
water distribution system, to contract for material therefor,
to employ all necessary labor and clerks, and to fix their com-
pensation, and the four persons appointed to said Water Board
shall be appointed for the term of one, two, three and four
years, respectively, as to the first appointees, and their suc-
cessors shall be appointed for the term of four years. Any
member of the Water Board shall be eligible for reappoint-
ment, and the Burgess of said town for the time being shall
always be ex-officio a member of said Water Board.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of
paying said bonds at maturity and the interest thereon, the
Burgess and Commissioners are authorized and required to
levy such tax upon the property within the taxable limits of
said town as may be necessary to enable them, in connection

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