574 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 307

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 489 to 505, inclusive, of Article 7 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition),
title "Carroll County", sub-title "Union Bridge", be and
they are hereby repealed, and that ten new sections, to be
known as Sections 489 to 498, inclusive, of said Article
and to follow immediately after Section 488 of said Article
and to read as follows, be and they are hereby enacted in
lieu thereof.

489. The Mayor and Common Council of Union Bridge
(hereinafter referred to as the "Town") is hereby author-
ized 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, transmis-
sion 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 and sewage
treatment plant and shall have all the powers necessary
or appropriate for said purposes and for the accomplish-
ment of the objects thereof.

490. The Town shall have full power and authority to
acquire by purchase, lease, gift, devise or by condemna-
tion in the manner prescribed in Article 33A of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Eminent
Domain", any lands or interest therein in the Town or
adjacent to the Town, which may be needed for the dis-
posal of said sewage or drainage, or for any pipes, sewers,
buildings or other works or structures needed for the con-
struction and operation of said sewers or disposal or treat-
ment of said sewage or drainage.

491. The Town shall provide for each and every prop-
erty abutting upon a street, road, lane, alley or right-of-
way, in which, under this Act, a sewer main is laid, a
sewer connection which shall be extended as required,
from the sewer main to the property line of the abutting
property, said connection to be constructed by and at the
sole expense of the Town. When any sewer main is declared