HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 917

roads and ways, the property of railroads, and all other
buildings, structures, erections or improvements of every
description, on, over or under land or other property, or
any interest, franchise, easement, right or privilege
therein, and in like manner to acquire any corporate
franchises or any other thing, including earth, timber,
stone or other materials, or places of temporary or perma-
nent deposit for excavated material or other like facilities
for effectuating the objects of this Act, of any sort that
may be required for the purposes of this Act; and gener-
ally to do and perform all and every such acts or things
which, by anything short of a palpably forced construc-
tion, could be held to be auxiliary or conducive to the
proper exercise of any or all of the powers by this Act
conferred upon the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
or to the effective accomplishment of the leading purpose
of this Act, namely, the collection, accumulation and main-
tenance of an ample supply of water in said reservoir,
lake or basin, and its transmission and distribution in as
abundant, clear, pure, healthful, convenient and satisfac-
tory a character as possible to the City of Baltimore, and
its inhabitants, and such other persons as may now or
hereafter be lawfully supplied with water by the City of
Baltimore for its and their uses. The title acquired by
condemnation, or otherwise, by the Mayor and City Coun-
cil of Baltimore, under this Act, for the purposes thereof,
shall, as to land or other property or things required for
said main reservoir, lake or basin, or for subsidiary reser-
voirs, lakes or basins, or for said water sheds or reserves,
or for surface buildings, erections, structures, works or
things of a permanent character, involving the idea of
exclusive use and occupation by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, be in f ee simple, but may, as to land
or other property or things, required for other purposes
under this Act, be in fee simple or limited to some lesser
quantum of interest, in point of estate or duration, ac-
cordingly as the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
may determine.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the County
Commissioners of Harford County or any other county,
whose interests in any respect may become involved in
the execution of this Act, or any part or parts thereof, or
any body politic, quasi public corporation, railroad cor-
poration, turnpike company or private corporation, whose\
interests in any respect may become involved in the execu-
tion of this Act, or any part or parts thereof, shall be,
and is, or are hereby authorized and empowered, anything
in the terms of their or its chartered existence or powers.