922 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 479

or taken or damaged, or otherwise affected, with estimates of
the cost, and specifications for doing the work.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That said Mayor and
City Council shall also take into consideration whether or
not other parts of Cumberland not included within said Will's
Creek Flood District have heretofore been or may hereafter
be in danger from floods from the waters of the Potomac
River, and are authorized and shall prepare plans for the
prevention of such floods, and may employ engineers and
counsel for the purpose of preparing and completing such
plans, and preparing such legislation and agreements as may
be required to put such plans into effect, which said plan
shall be known as "The Permanent Flood Prevention Plan. "

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That when said Will's
Creek Flood District has been established and said Partial
Flood Prevention Plan has been adopted as heretofore pro-
vided for, all property included in the part of said District
designated by said Partial Flood Prevention Plan, or all
property in said District if the whole of said District is
included in said Partial Flood Prevention Plan, shall be
conclusively presumed to be benefited by the carrying out and
putting into effect of said Partial Flood Prevention Plan,
unless it be shown that there was fraud or collusion in the
adoption of said Plan.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor
and City Council shall have full power and authority to
devise, prepare for, effect, maintain and operate any and all
works or improvements necessary or desirable to complete,
maintain, operate and protect the said Partial Flood Pre-
vention Plan. They may secure and use men and equipment
under the supervision of an engineer employed for that pur-
pose, or other agents, or they may, in their discretion, let
contracts for such work, either as a whole or in parts.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That said Mayor
and City Council of Cumberland, or their employees or
agents, including contractors and their employees, and the
members of the commission hereinbefore referred to, and
their assistants, agents and employees may enter upon lands

within the limits of the City of Cumberland or a mile beyond

said limits in order to make surveys and examinations to