*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 utilities commission Public Utilities Commission requesting its approval of the proposed taking.

Sec. 3. P&SL 1951, c. 92, §9 is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

*Sec. 9.__Board of trustees.__The affairs of the district must be managed by a board of trustees composed of 3 members who must be residents of the district and reside in a household to which the district's service is provided.__A municipal officer or holder of another town office of the Town of Lubec is not eligible to be a trustee, and, whenever a trustee becomes a municipal officer or is elected or appointed to and accepts another town office for the Town of Lubec, the trustee automatically ceases to be a trustee.__The present board of trustees hold office as trustees for the terms for which they were elected and as each term expires one trustee must be elected by the ratepayers of the district, at a meeting called for that purpose, to serve for a term of 3 years.__The trustees shall hold meetings in the Town of Lubec and may organize by the election of