906 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	CHAPTER 467. AN ACT to repeal Section nine hundred and thirty-nine, Article four, of the Public Local Laws, relating to Baltimore city, sub-title "Water," as enacted by Chapter thirty-eight, of the Acts of the General Assembly, passed at the January Session, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and to re-enact the said Section so as to read as follows:
Repealed and re-enacted.	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Section nine hundred and thirty-nine, Article four, Public Local Laws, re- lating to Baltimore city, sub- title "Water," as enacted by Chapter thirty-eight, of the Acts of the General Assembly, passed at the January Session, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows :
Issue certifi- cates of debt.	939. For the purpose of defraying all the ex- penses and costs of said lands, waters and water- rights as shall have been taken for the purposes aforesaid, and of constructing all works necessary to the accomplishment of said purposes, and all expenses incident thereto, the said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall have authority in the name of the city to issue certificates of debt to be denominated on the face "Baltimore Water Stock," to an amount not exceeding four millions and five hundred thousand dollars, bearing interest not ex- ceeding six percent, per annum, and to provide by ordinance for the redemption of the same at a cer- tain time, and under such provisions as the Mayor and City Council may deem expedient and proper;
Assess rates for water.	the said Mayor and City Council are hereby au- authorized and empowered to assess rates for the supply and use of water at any point in Baltimore city and County, and the Mayor and City Council are hereby authorized to enforce payment for the use of water, and other expenses incurred in the introduction of water from the water mains, ac- cording to the rates established by the said Mayor and City Council, said payments to be enforced by the same process that city or State taxes are col-