| | *Sec. 1. Territorial limits, corporate name, powers and | purposes. The inhabitants and territory within the town Town of | Lubec, in the county County of Washington (hereinafter referred | to as Lubec), shall be and hereby are constituted a body politic | and corporate under the name of Lubec Water and Electric District | (hereinafter referred to as district), with the purpose, right | and power to take and use water for domestic, commercial, | sanitary and municipal purposes including extinguishment of fire, | and to make, buy, generate, sell and distribute electricity; and, | also, so far as applicable to said these purposes, with the | rights and powers conferred upon said Lubec by section 1 of | chapter 489 of the private and special laws of 1901, as amended | by section 1 of chapter 47 of the private and special laws of | 1919, and by section 1 of chapter 91 of the private and special | laws of the special session of 1933. |
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| | *Sec. 2. Title of utility properties of Lubec to vest in | district. At the time this act takes effect, the The title of | Lubec to the entire plant, lands, property and franchises, rights | and privileges, including all rents, water rights, dams, | 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. |
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| | *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 for public purposes |
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