Any city shall have and is hereby vested with full power and authority to acquire by gift, purchase or condemnation a site or sites and to own, construct, maintain and operate one or more dams across streams or rivers; to provide police regulation and from time to time by ordinance to establish such rules and regulations and to employ such agency or agencies as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the powers herein granted.
K.S.A. 12-1616a