*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 other public service corporation or district used or required for future use by the owner thereof of that public service corporation or district in performance of a public duty, unless expressly authorized herein by this section or by subsequent act of the legislature Legislature.

*Sec. 5. Authorized to lay mains, pipes, conduits, etc., through and upon public ways and across private lands. The said district is hereby authorized to lay in and through and to erect upon the streets, roads, ways and highways of the town Town of Lubec and other towns served by it and across private lands therein located in the Town of Lubec and other towns served by the district, and to maintain, repair and replace all such pipes, mains, conduits, aqueducts, poles and wires, and fixtures as may be necessary and convenient for its corporate purposes, and whenever said the district shall lay lays any pipes, aqueducts, or conduits or erect pole lines in any street, roadway or highway, it shall cause the same to be done with as little obstruction as practicable to the public travel, and shall at its own expense, without unnecessary delay, cause the earth and pavement removed by it to be replaced in proper condition.

Sec. 2. P&SL 1951, c. 92, §6, first sentence is amended to read:

After the original acquisition for which provision is made in section 2 of this act, the said The district, in exercising, from time to time, any right of eminent domain conferred upon it by law or through or under the franchise of Lubec acquired by the district, shall file written application with the public