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said bonds and paying interest on said bonds during
such construction, and to levy annually upon all as-
sessable property in said Town and to collect such tax
thereon as shall be necessary to pay the interest on all
outstanding bonds and to pay and retire all bonds as they
mature without regard to any limitation on the taxing
powers of said Town; and providing for the acquisition,
construction, operation and maintenance of said sewer-
age system and sewage treatment plant and the land or
interest therein necessary therefor and the connection
with said sewerage system by abutting property owners;
and exempting this Act and the bonds issued thereunder
from the provisions of Sections 32, 33 and 34 of Article
31 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition);
and authorizing the Town Commissioners of La Plata to
levy, impose and collect connection charges, front foot
assessments and/or sewer service charges on property
abutting on or using said sewerage system, AND SUB-
MITTING THIS ACT TO A REFERENDUM OF THE
QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF LA PLATA.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the Town Commissioners of La Plata
(hereinafter referred to as the "Town") is hereby au-
thorized and empowered to construct, establish, maintain
in good working order and operate a sewerage system in
the Town and a sewage treatment plant within or without
the corporate limits of the Town for the collection, trans-
mission and disposal of drainage and sewage from the
houses and other buildings, cesspools, wells, sinks and other
receptacles for sewage and drainage in said Town, includ-
ing also, if the Town shall at any time so determine, storm
water and other drainage from the streets, roads, lanes and
alleys of the Town, and the Town shall have full power
and authority to determine when and where, and in what
order and under what streets, roads, lanes, alleys, lots and
parcels of ground the sewers and drains of said sewerage
system shall be constructed or laid, and to make contracts
for the construction of said sewerage system and sewage
treatment plant and shall have all the powers necessary or
appropriate for said purposes and for the accomplishment
of the objects thereof.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Town shall
have full power and authority to acquire by purchase, lease,
gift, devise or by condemnation in the manner prescribed
in Article 33A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951
Edition), title "Eminent Domain, " any lands or interest