LD 678
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LR 998
Item 1

 
reservoirs, pipes, machinery, fixtures, hydrants, tools,
apparatus and appliances used in connection with its water
business, and also the property, franchises, property rights,
privileges and assets, including land, poles, wiring, fixtures,
machinery, apparatus and appliances used or capable of being
used in connection with maintaining its electrical business,
together with all unexpended funds credited to said the water
and electric department and all bills receivable for water and
electric services service, shall become remain the property of
and vest in said the district in.__In consideration of the said
district assuming all of the prior obligations of Lubec in
connection with said the water and electric business and of
said, the district paying shall pay the Town of Lubec for a term
of 99 years the sum of $10,000 annually, in quarterly payments
of $2,500 each, each year until and including the year 2051.

 
*Sec. 3. Powers of district. Said The district is hereby
authorized, in addition to all the powers and rights conferred
under section 1 hereof, to take, collect, store, flow, use,
detain, distribute and convey to the town Town of Lubec or any
part thereof of the town water from any lake, pond, stream, or
river or from any surface or underground brook, spring or vein
of water in said town the Town of Lubec and in the town of
Trescott Township and from the Orange river River in Whiting,
and is also authorized to locate, construct and maintain
aqueducts, pipes, conduits, standpipes, hydrants, pumping
stations and other necessary structures and equipment therefor
necessary for the taking of water; and erect poles and lines
and do all things necessary to furnish water, light and power
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public purposes and for public health, comfort and convenience
of the inhabitants of said the district, and to supply
electric light and power to the inhabitants of the town of
Lubec and to the town of Trescott and that part of Whiting
known as Whiting Village.

 
*Sec. 4. Right of eminent domain conferred. The said
district, for the purposes of its incorporation, is hereby
authorized to take and hold, as for public uses, by purchase,
eminent domain, or otherwise, any land or interest therein in
land, or water rights necessary for pumping its water supply
through its mains, for reservoirs, for preserving the purity
of the water and watershed, for laying and maintaining
aqueducts and other structures, for taking, distributing and
disposing of water and for rights of way and roadways to its
sources of supply, power stations, reservoirs, mains,
aqueducts, structures and lands, and also all things necessary
for supplying water as aforesaid, and for supplying electric
lighting and power. Provided, however, nothing herein
contained shall This section may not be construed as
authorizing said the district to take by right of eminent
domain any of the property or facilities of any


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