Sec. 46. Water supply and sewerage system.
The corporate authorities of said city be, and they are
hereby, authorized and empowered to erect suitable dams and
reservoirs, and to lay suitable pipes to supply said city with
an adequate supply of water, and to establish and construct
a sewerage system for said city; and for such purpose to
acquire, either by purchase or by condemnation, according to
the provisions of the general law for the condemnation of
lands by incorporated cities, such lands and so much thereof
as may be necessary for the aforesaid purposes.
