HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1291

(2) That if the said Mayor and Council cannot agree
with or if there be any incapacity or disability to contract
on the part of the owner or owners of any real estate, right
of way, easement, spring, brook, water or water courses,
earth, timber, stone or other material, which they may find
it necessary to have, or through or over which a right of
way or entry or passage is desired for the purpose of car-
rying the said water into or through the said town; or if
such owner or owners shall be absent, out of the State or
unknown, it shall be lawful for the Mayor and Council of
Brunswick to acquire by condemnation any such real estate,
right of way, easement, water right, spring, brook, water
or water course, franchise, earth, timber, stone or other
materials which they may deem necessary, in the same
manner and by the same proceedings as now provided in
Article 33A of the Code of Public General Laws of Mary-
land.

50. The said Mayor and Council shall have and are
hereby invested with full power and authority to enact and
pass all ordinances which from time to time they may deem
necessary and proper to execute the objects herein speci-
fied and to regulate the introduction, management, protec-
tion, use of and examination of the water works, the water
supply of said municipal corporation, and for the protection
and preservation of its works, machineries, all service and
distribution pipes, hydrants and improvements connected
therewith; to fix and establish rates or charges for the
use of the water, and for collecting and enforcing payment
of said water rents and charges, and which rents and
charges as well as all or any other monies received by the
Mayor and Council of Brunswick from taxes levied and
collected for general municipal purposes may be used by
the Mayor and Council for the payment of any and all
municipal obligations, debts and contracts, written or
otherwise, that have been or that hereafter will be incurred
in any way for the benefit and use of the municipality of
Brunswick; and all such water rents and charges shall be
liens on the real estate on which the water is used for which
such rent or charge is made from the time such rent or
charge becomes due and payable, and all such liens shall be
preferred liens (and shall have priority over existing mort-
gages, judgments and any and all other liens, except taxes.

TAX EXEMPTION

51. The Mayor and Council of Brunswick may, in their
discretion, by general ordinance exempt from any or all
municipal taxes or other municipal charges any or all of the