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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Make levy.

may from time to time levy upon the assessable
property within the taxable limits of said corpora-
tion any sum which may be necessary to discharge
the principal and interest of said debt;provided,
not more than one hundred dollars be levied for
that purpose in any one year.

Pollute water.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That if any person
shall wilfully pollute said water by throwing any
dead animal or other impure substance into the
same, or by swimming, bathing or washing them-
selves, or by washing clothes or the skins of dead
animals, or any other impure things therein, or
by erecting any necessary or other nuisance so near
the said water as to pollute the same, he shall for-
feit to the said Corporation a sum not exceeding
twenty dollars for each offence, to be recovered by
summons before any Justice of the Peace for
Washington County, to be issued against the per-
son so offending, if a free man, otherwise against
the husband, father or master of the person' so
offending, who shall be answerable therefor, and

Remove
nuisance.

the person so offending shall be obliged to remove
such nuisance, or pay the sum of ten dollars for
every day the same shall continue, to be recovered
as aforesaid for the use of said town. And any
person who shall designedly injure the said water
works, or any part thereof, or obstruct the passage
of the water therein shall, for every offence, for-
feit the sum of twenty dollars, to be recovered in
the manner and for the use mentioned above; and
if any person, being first duly cautioned, shall
use or in any manner meddle with the water in
said water works, whether obtained from hydrant
or otherwise, such person not being a water-renter

Forfeit.

at the time, or licensed by said town, he shall for-
feit the sum of five dollars, to be recovered and
applied as directed above.

May borrow.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the Burgess and
Commissioners of said town, or a majority of them,
for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
this Act, may borrow a sum of money not exceed-
ing in amount three thousand dollars, at the law-
ful rate of interest; and said Burgess and Com-
missioners shall constitute a water board, who
shall have power to regulate said water works as
may seem to them best for the interest of the in-