HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1101

only to any cause of action occurring subsequent to
April 26, 1927. Whenever it shall be deemed necessary
by said Commission to take or acquire any land, struc-
tures or buildings, or any stream bed, water way, water rights,
or water shed, either in fee or as an easement, within or with-
out the Sanitary District, for the construction, extension or
maintenance of any water main, sewer or appurtenance thereof,
or for any sewage disposal plant, reservoir, water purifica-
tion plant, tank or pumping station, said Commission may
purchase the same from the owners or failing to agree with
the owner or owners thereof, may condemn the same by pro-
ceedings in the Circuit Court for the County in which said
land, structures or buildings, stream bed, water way, water
rights, or water shed are situated, as now provided
for condemnation of land under Article 33A of the Pub-_;
lie General Laws of Maryland, except that land used
for cemetery purposes may not be condemned, and said Com-
mission may likewise condemn the interest of any tenant,
lessee or other person having an interest in said land, struc-
tures or buildings, stream bed, water way, water right or
water shed.

Said Commission may file in the cause, with the petition for
condemnation, or at any time before judgment, a declaration
of taking signed by its Commissioners or a majority of them,
declaring that said lands are to be taken for the use of the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission. Said declara-
tion of taking shall contain or have annexed thereto as a part
thereof:

(1) A Statement of the authority under which and the pub-
lic use for which said lands are taken.

(2) A description of the lands taken sufficient for the iden-
tification thereof.

(3) A statement of the estate or interest in said lands taken
for said public use.

(4) A plan showing the lands taken.

(5) A statement of the sum of money estimated by said
Commission to be just compensation for the lands taken.

Upon the filing of said declaration of taking and the deposit
in the registry of the Court, to the use of the persons entitled
thereto, of the amount of the estimated compensation stated
in said declaration, title to said lands in fee simple, or such
less estate or interest therein as is specified in said declara-
tion, shall vest in the Washington Suburban Sanitary Com-
mission and said lands shall be deemed to be condemned and
taken for the use of said Commission, and the right to just
compensation for the same shall vest in the persons entitled
thereto; and said compensation shall be ascertained and
awarded in said proceedings and established by judgment