§ 5.
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§ 5. Acquisition of land and water courses
The Village may purchase, lease, or take by right of eminent domain, hold and convey real and personal estate, springs, water courses, and existing aqueducts, construct and maintain such aqueducts, and build and lay pipes and conduits as may be required for the purpose of furnishing the Village with suitable protection from fire and sewer purposes and sprinkling streets, for furnishing the inhabitants of the Village with water for household, culinary, and other purposes; may erect and maintain buildings and hydrants, purchase and hold fire apparatus and other property necessary for such purposes, and in acquiring any property other than by purchase or lease may proceed in the same manner and the same proceedings had as provided in taking land for sewers, as hereinbefore stated.