JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

and labor for the maintenance and operation of said works
purchased and contracted for by the Commissioners, as here-
inbefore provided for, upon presentation to him of a written
order of the president of the Commissioners, and attested by
the clerk, and properly indorsed by the holder. The treas-
urer shall receive for his service such compensation as the
Commissioners may direct, not exceeding ten per centum of
the moneys actually received by him.

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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the title to said water-
works and all parts thereof, and lands and buildings pertain-
ing thereto, and books and accounts, shall belong to and vest
. in the Commissioners of Hyattsville; that any person who
shall wilfully or knowingly destroy or deface such books or
accounts, or pollute the water or commit a nuisance in or near
the said water-works, or any part thereof, so as to injure the
same, or pollute the water, shall, upon conviction thereof, be
fined not less than five dollars, or more than one hundred
dollars, for each offense, or confined in the county jail for a
period of not less than thirty days nor more than eighteen
months, one-half of the said fine to go to the informer and the
remainder to the Commissioners of Hyattsville for the pur-
pose of this act.

Title,
books and
accounts.

Penalty for
committing
nuisance-

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners shall
order and direct the treasurer to draw a warrant against the
revenues from the water-works, and the general revenues of
the corporation of the "Commissioners of Hyattsville," to
pay the interest on the said bonds as the same shall become
due and payable to the order of the Commissioners; and the
warrant shall be the receipt for the treasurer, and the interest
coupon detached from the bond shall be filed by him in the
office of the Commissioners, and by them and him cancelled,
and he and the clerk to the Commissioners enter in their
respective books, first mentioned, the payment of the interest,
number of the coupon and bond from which it was detached,
and the fact that it was cancelled. It shall be the duty of
the Commissioners, and they are hereby authorized and
directed, to set aside from the revenues of the water-works
and town, beginning four years after the date of issue of the
said bonds, a sufficient sum of money each year as and for a

Payment of
interest.

sinking fund for the redemption of the said bonds at their
maturity, and to use the same to purchase and redeem any of
the said bonds, or invest the same in the name of the Com-
missioners of Hyattsville in the State, county or municipal
bonds of the State of Maryland, and at such rate per centum
as they may deem best, upon the purchase by the Commis-

Redemption
of bonds.