924 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 479

rooms, or other buildings of every description, and also all
fences, gates, door-ways, windows, openings of all sorts, via-
ducts, and canal and railroad works and construction of every
sort and description; to reclaim, fill in, or remove wet and
overflowed land and islands, and to clear the same of all
trees, bushes, and other foliage; to regulate the flow of Will's
Creek or the Potomac River; to construct any and all of the
works herein authorized across, through and over any gas,
electric light, water power, canal or railroad company prop-
erty or right of way, or any public or private highway, street,
road or alley, and to operate, repair, and otherwise maintain
any and all of said works; to buy, own, hold, lease, control,
condemn, or otherwise acquire real and personal property,
and any rights in the same, including riparian rights, ease-
ments, rights of way, wharf rights, mill rights, water rights,
franchises, rights of ingress and egress, and rights to light
and air; to acquire all the material to be used in construct-
ing and maintaining the works and improvements hereby
authorized; and to do all the foregoing things and any other
thing or things necessary and proper in preventing or lessen-
ing the danger from floods in said City of Cumberland and
carrying out any and all of the provisions of said Partial
Flood Prevention Plan; provided, however, that the f ore-
going, rights and powers, and those hereinafter granted, shall
be exercised by said Mayor and City Council of Cumber-
land only within the present limits of said City and within
a distance of one mile in any direction beyond said limits.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That if the Mayor
and City Council of Cumberland shall determine to carry
out said Partial Flood Prevention Plan or any part thereof
by contract, or contracts, it shall advertise for bids upon the
work contemplated, and shall furnish specifications to pro-
spective bidders for the work to be contracted for, and said
advertisement shall be published once a week for two consecu-
tive weeks in two newspapers published in the City of Cum-
berland, and said Mayor and City Council may let said con-
tract to the lowest responsible bidder, or said Mayor and
City Council may reject all bids and re-advertise. Such con-
tract or contracts, when awarded, shall be reduced to writing
and shall be accompanied by or shall refer to plans and
specifications for the work to be done prepared by an engi-
neer, and each contractor shall give a good and approved