JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the provisions of Section
one hundred and ninety-one of Article 22 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, as amended by Chapter one
hundred and ninety-two of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland, passed at its January Session in the year eigh-
teen hundred and ninety-eight, are hereby continued in force
until the first day of January, in the year nineteen hundred
and one, but no contract made by the Board of Street Com-
missioners under the provisions of said Act shall extend
beyond or continue longer than the said first day of January,
nineteen hundred and one, and the provisions of said Act
shall not be in force or effect after the first day of January,
nineteen hundred and one.

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SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That if the revenue derived from
the payment for services by consumers shall at any time
exceed the sum of money necessary to pay the operating
expenses and the cost of keeping the plant in repair and pro-
viding for reasonable extension and enlargement of the plant
so as to meet all legitimate demands, the sum of money
remaining on the first day of May, in each year, shall be paid
by the Board of Street Commissioners to the Mayor and
Council to be appropriated by them to the payment of the
principal and interest or any part of the debt created by the
issue of the bonds issued in accordance with the provisions of
Section three of this Act.

Payment of

principal and
interest.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That the Mayor and Council are
authorized and empowered to pass all ordinances, not incon-
sistent with the terms of this Act, that it may deem necessary
to protect and preserve the plant and equipment mentioned
and provided by the provisions of this Act.

Authority to
pass ordinan-
ces.

SEC. 13. And be it enacted, That all claims for services of
light against any consumer that shall be in arrears for the:
period of thirty days shall be placed in the hands of the
attorney of the Mayor and Council for collection, and suit
shall be brought thereon in the name of Mayor and Council of
Hagerstown for the use of the Board of Street Commissioners,
and the provisions of Section thirty-two of Article 9 and Sec-
tion eight of Article 83 of the Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland shall have no application to any execution or
attachment issued upon any judgment recovered in such suit,
but so far as the same may be held to effect any attachment
or execution issued upon said judgment, said sections are
hereby revoked and repealed.

How to collect
claims in
arrears.