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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

use of water and light by private consumers, and the said
Commissioners shall, as in case of other taxes, collect such
charges, which are hereby made a lien on the real estate upon
which said water and lights are furnished, and all moneys
derived from water and light rents shall be used first, for the
payment of current expenses of said works; second, for the
payment of interest when due on the bonds authorized to be
issued under this Act; and thirdly, as to any balance, to pro-
vide a sinking fund for the payment of said bonds at their
maturity; and the said Commissioners are hereby authorized
and directed to make suitable provisions for the protection of
the property of said town from fire by providing a suitable
number of fire-plugs or public hydrants properly adapted to
that purpose and conveniently situated for use.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved March 27, 1900.

CHAPTER 114.
AN ACT to repeal Section two hundred and five of Article
16 of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, title
"Chancery," as amended by the Act of eighteen hundred
and ninety-two, Chapter two hundred and forty-one, and to
re-enact the same, with amendments, and to add an addi-
tional section to said Article, to be numbered 205 A.

Repeal.
Public Gener-
al Laws.
Chancery.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section two hundred and five of Article 16 of the
Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, as amended by the
Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, Chapter two hun-
dred and forty-one, be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Trustees shall
file bond.

205. Every trustee to whom .any estate, real, personal or
mixed, shall be limited or conveyed for the benefit of credi-
tors, or to be sold for the benefit of creditors, or to be sold for
any other purpose, except upon a contingency, shall file with
the clerk of the court in which the deed or instruments
creating the trusts may be recorded, a bond in such penalty
as the clerk may prescribe, being as nearly as can be ascer-
tained double the amount of the whole trust estate, and with
sureties to be approved by the clerk, conditional for the faith-
ful performance of the trust reposed in such trustee, which
bond shall be retained and recorded in the office of said clerk,