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power to provide for the disposal of tlie sewage of the 

 district and to presei-ve the water supplied to the inhabi- 

 tants of such district from contamination. The board 

 may construct and maintain conduits, pii>es. channels, 

 drains, ditches, and outlets for carrying off and dispos- 

 ing of the di-ainage (including the sewage) of the district 

 together with such adjuncts and additions as may be nec- 

 essary or proper to cause such channels or outlets to ac- 

 complish the end for which they are designed. The board 

 may also treat and purify the sewage so that when the 

 same flows into any lake or other watercourse, it will not 

 injuriously contaminate the waters. The board may adopt 

 any other feasible method to accomplish the object for 

 which the district is created, and may also provide means 

 whereby the district may reach and procure supplies of 

 water for diluting and flushing purposes. The board of 

 trustees is not authorized to operate a system of water 

 works for the purpose of furnishing or deliveiy of water 

 to any such municipality or the inhabitants thereof, or to 

 flow sewage of a district into Lake Michigan. 



A district may acquire by purchase, condemnation, or 

 otherwise any and all real and personal property, right of 

 way, and pri^dlege, either within or without its corporate 

 limits that may be required for its corporate purjjoses. 

 In case any district formed is unable to agi'ee vdih. any 

 other sanitary district upon the terms under which it is 

 permitted to use the drains, channels or ditches of such 

 other sanitary district, the right to so use the same may 

 be acquired by condemnation. 



The corporation may borrow money and become in- 

 debted to an amount not in excess of five per centum of 

 the valuation of the taxable property in the district pro- 

 vided the proposition to issue bonds is carried by vote at 

 election held in the district according to provisions of 

 the act. All bonds issued mature in not exceeding twenty 

 annual installments. At the time of, or before incurring 

 any indebtedness, the board of trustees provides for the 

 collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the in- 

 terest on the debt as it falls due, and also to pay and dis- 

 charge the principal as it falls due, and at least witliin 



