JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR,

time to time to pass orders for the payment of property pur-
chased or condemned, and for material furnished in pursu-
ance of the provisions of this Act. The said Water Board
may in its discretion employ a competent hydrographical
engineer to superintend the work of constructing such water
works.

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SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the true intent and meaning
of this Act be that the extra taxation authorized by this Act
shall not be held or construed to authorize any taxation not
necessary for the purpose of paying the interest on the bonds
issued, and the surplus fund provided for and any income
arising from water rents or electric light shall go to said in-
terest or sinking fund in diminution of taxes, and all taxes
collected under the provisions of this Act shall be inviolably
applied to this purpose and to no other. And if an electric
light plant be neither purchased nor erected, then the amount
of levy shall not exceed twenty cents on the one hundred dol-
lars to pay the interest on thirty-five thousand dollars of water
bonds, and a sinking fund of four hundred dollars annually,
the amount of bonds for water works alone not to exceed
thirty-five thousand dollars.

Interest.
Sinking fund.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That in any prosecution before a
justice of the peace under Section four of this Act, the accused
and the Mayor and City Council of Laurel shall have the
right of appeal to the Circuit Court for Prince George's
County, within thirty days, and a jury trial. Any person or
persons convicted before a justice of the peace under Section
four of this Act who shall pray an appeal to the said court
shall be held by recognizance or be committed to the county
jail to appear before the next regular jury term of the Circuit
Court for Prince George's County.

Right of
appeal.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That at the next municipal elec-
tion in the said town of Laurel , on the first Monday of April,
nineteen hundred, the question as to whether this Act shall
take effect shall be submitted to the legal voters of said town,
and all ballots at said election for Mayor and City Council-
men shall have printed on them the words, "For Water
Works" and the words "Against Water Works," and all
voters desiring to vote for the provisions of this Act shall
mark out the words "Against Water Works," and all persons
desiring to vote against the provisions of this Act shall mark
out the words "For Water Works." And if the judges of
election shall decide that a majority of the votes are cast for
water works, then this Act shall be in full force of law, other-

Election for
or against
Water works.