THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 527

Taneytown in the maintenance of said sewerage system in
said town.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That The Mayor
and City Council of Taneytown be and it is hereby
empowered to construct, establish, design, extend, main-
tain and operate a sewage treatment plant, sanitary sewer-
age system, including sewer trunk and other tributary
lines, force mains, lateral sewers, intercepting sewers and
pumping station plant within Taneytown and vicinity, and
shall have authority to acquire by gift, purchase, lease,
contract or condemnation, whether within or without the
corporate limits of Taneytown, all lands, either in fee or
other estate or as an easement or any rights therein,
improvements, water courses and water rights, and all
machinery, equipment, apparatus and material of every
kind necessary therefor, and in the exercise of these and
every of these powers to enter into and make any and all
contracts for or incident to the building and construction
of the public utility hereby authorized.

Whenever resort shall be had to acquisition by condem-
nation, the proceedings shall be instituted under Article
33A, title "Eminent Domain", of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, Edition of 1951, and all amendments thereof
and thereto.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said The
Mayor and City Council of Taneytown shall adopt or cause
to be completed or made surveys, studies, plans, specifica-
tions and estimates for the establishment and construction
of a sewage treatment plant, sanitary sewerage system,
including sewer trunk lines, lateral and other auxiliary,
tributary or connecting lines, force mains, lateral sewers,
intercepting sewers and pumping stations, disposal system
within the corporate limits of Taneytown and beyond such
corporate limits, if and when by ordinance so determined
by said The Mayor and City Council of Taneytown.

Whenever plans shall have been completed for this
project, or any part thereof, and the said The Mayor and
City Council of Taneytown shall have decided to proceed
with the construction thereof, the said The Mayor and
City Council of Taneytown shall advertise by notice in
such newspaper or technical press as it may deem proper
for bids for the construction of said work in part or as
a whole, as in its judgment may appear advisable. The
contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder or
the said The Mayor and City Council of Taneytown may