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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

to cause necessary repairs and renewals to be made; to make
extensions; to employ employes; to care for and operate said
water-works; to establish rules for the service of water to
consumers; to have the right to determine the kind and size
of the water pipes, the time and manner of laying the same,
and the right to elect to lay the same, and to change and
collect the cost of the same on the property served; to have
the right to elect to require and install necessary water meters,
and to determine the size, kind and cost of the same, and to
charge and collect the same on the property served, and the
right to inspect and control the management of the same,
the service of the same service and distribution pipes, and
all other fixtures and appliances for the use of the water; the
right to fix and establish from time to time a schedule of rates

Schedule
of rates.

or charges for water, the charges to be due and payable semi-
annually, with penalty of three per cent, if not paid within,
fifteen days next following the day they are due, and with
penalty of six per cent, from that day if not paid until after
the said fifteen days; said charges shall be and are herewith
made a lien on the property served, and if not paid within
six months from the day they are first due and payable, shall,
together with the penalties, be collected according to law in
the manner provided for by the rules aforementioned. It shall
be the duty of the treasurer of the Commissioners of Hyatts-
ville, and he is hereby authorized and empowered, to collect

Duties of
treasurer.

and receive the said charges for water, under the direction of
the said Commissioners and in accordance with the rules to
be established as hereinbefore provided for. The treasurer
shall keep an itemized account of all water charges and fin es-
on account thereof, due and payable, together with the names
of the consumers, and description of the property served with
water fully identified, together with sub-data as the said rules
may require in a separate, well-bound book or books, to be
provided for the purpose by the Commissioners. He shall
also render in writing, on the first day of each month, to the
Commissioners, and at such other times as they may require,
an itemized statement or report of all moneys due, payable
or paid to him on account of the water charges, together
with all moneys expended by him on account of the water-
works, and such other data as the Commissioners may
require of him; and it shall be the duty of the clerk to the
Commissioners to preserve such statements on the file in
the office of the Commissioners, and permit the same to be
inspected under his care by any person interested. It shall
be the duty of the treasurer to pay the salary or wages of
the employes of said water works, and for supplies, material,