12-810.   Condemnation by foreign municipality for water plant.Any foreign municipal corporation duly chartered and organized under thelaws of its state, and owning a water plant and having some part thereofwithin the state of Kansas, may apply to the district court or judgethereof, of any county in which said foreign municipal corporation haslocated any part of its water plant to condemn land for the same, or asmuch as may be desired, as well as a route for such proposed water mains asmay be located by such foreign municipal corporation, and also such land asmay be deemed necessary for engine houses, pumping stations, workshops,water stations, intakes, reservoirs, filtering basins, tunnels, shafts andconduits for conveying water, together with all necessary means, ways anddevices for building, constructing, maintaining, repairing and operatingthe same, and materials for the construction sufficient to enable saidforeign municipal corporation to construct and repair its plant, mains andstations, and right of making proper drains, which said lands or rightstherein may be condemned as provided by law: Provided, Such foreignmunicipal corporation shall not be permitted to condemn any lands actuallyused by a water company in serving a municipal corporation in the state ofKansas, when the taking of the lands so sought to be condemned wouldinterfere with the actual operation of such water company's plant.

      History:   R.S. 1923, § 12-810; Dec. 27.