894 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 409

do any and all other corporate acts for the purpose of
carrying out the provisions of this Act. The said Com-
mission shall have the power and authority to regulate
the flow of water in the Upper Potomac River and its
tributary rivers and streams within said District, and in
pursuance of such power may erect, build, install and
maintain dams, reservoirs and such other structures, with
appurtenances and machinery deemed necessary for regu-
lating the flow of water of said rivers or streams within
said District for the purpose of carrying out the provisions
or intentions of this Act, and may enter into contracts
and agreements with any Federal Agency, or State or
County, for the better control of such flow of water. Said
Commission shall have full power to take, acquire and hold
any land, structures or buildings, or any stream bed, water
way, road way, right of way, water rights or water-shed,
either in fee or as an easement within said District deemed
necessary to carry out the provisions or intentions of this
Act, for the construction, extension or maintenance of any
dam, reservoir, or appurtenances thereto, and may pur-
chase the same from the owners thereof, or failing to agree
with said owner or owners, may condemn the same by pro-
ceedings in the Circuit Court for the County in which said
land, structures or buildings, stream beds, water ways,
road ways, rights of way, water rights or watersheds are
located as provided for condemnation of land by Public
Service Corporations, under the Public General Laws of
Maryland, and the Commission may likewise purchase or
condemn the interest of any tenant, lessee or other persons
having an interest in said land, structures or buildings,
stream beds, water ways, road ways, rights of way, water
rights, or watershed. At any time after ten days after the
return or recording of the verdict of award in any such
condemnation proceedings, the Commission may enter and
take possession of the property so condemned, upon first
paying to the Clerk of the Court in which said proceeding
may be pending, the full amount of said award and all
costs taxed to date notwithstanding any appeal or further
proceeding upon the part of the Defendant or Defendants;
at the time of said payment, however, it shall give its
corporate undertaking to abide by and fulfill any judgment
on such appeal or further proceeding. Said Commission
shall have such power of condemnation over such land,
structure and other property as above set forth for the
purpose of this Act, whether the same shall be taken in
its name or in the name of the State or Federal Agency
providing the money under the contracts and agreements