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Sec. 43. Water supply and sewerage system.

That 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.