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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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 five millions

Five millions.

dollars, bearing interest not exceeding six per cent,
per annum, and to provide by ordinance for the
redemption of the same at a certain time, and
under such provisions as the Mayor and City
Council may deem expedient and proper; the said
Mayor and City Council are hereby 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 author-
ized to enforce payment for the use of water and
other expenses incurred in the introduction of

Penalty.

water from the water mains, according 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 collected, or they may
be collected by process before a Justice of the
Peace, or in any of the Courts of the city of Bal-
timore having jurisdiction in such cases, and the
said Mayor and City Council are hereby authorized

Obstructed.

and empowered to appoint watchmen, or such po-
lice force as may be necessary for the protection of
their water works in the City and County of Balti-
more, and to impose fines and penalties for inter-
ference with or injury to the works or their appen-
dage, to prevent the water from being obstructed
or contaminated, and to prohibit all meddling or
tampering with the water works and their appur-
tenances; said fines and penalties shall be en-
forced as provided in this Article, Sections two
hundred and twenty-nine to two hundred and
thirty-five, inclusive.

In force.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved February 19, 1870.