EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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in their judgment, the interest of said town demands the same ;

and to contract or provide for the furnishing or supplying of

water, electric light or gas in sufficient quantities for the needs

of the town and the inhabitants thereof by any other body cor-

porate, public or private, or by any individual or individuals;

and in order to carry out and effectuate such object it shall

have full power to erect, maintain and equip electric light poles

and to lay water mains and conduits, erect fire plugs, and gen-

erally to do all things that may be necessary to provide water

To protect

for said town in such quantity and at such places as may be

town against

fire.

necessary to protect it at all times against fire ; and they shall

have power to pass all such ordinances as may be necessary to

carry into effect the provisions of this section.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That in event the Mayor and

Common Council shall provide for the purchasing or supplying

May issue
bonds to

of water, electric light or gas to said town by some other body

carry out
certain pur-

corporate, public or private, or any individual or partnership,

poses.

and shall deem it expedient or necessary that said town erect,

maintain and lay its own electric light poles and equipments,

water mains, conduits and fire plugs, the said Mayor and Com-

mon Council, to defray the necessary cost thereof, may issue

registered bonds or certificates in sums of one hundred dollars,

to be signed by the Mayor and countersigned b> the clerk of

said Common Council of Sykesville, not exceeding in the ag-

gregate the sum of five thousand dollars, bearing interest not

exceeding six per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually, said

bonds to be payable fifteen years from the date thereof, and to

be redeemable after ten years from the date of their issue, at

the pleasure of the Mayor and Common Council of Sykesville ;

said bonds shall be exempt from State, county and municipal

taxation ; and the Mayor and Common Council in making their

annual levy of municipal taxes after said bonds are issued shall

Creating a
sinking fund.

fix the rate sufficient to provide for the payment of the interest

on said bonds and create a sinking fund for their redemption.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the Mayor and Common

Council may pass such ordinances as they may deem necessary

Rights of
Council.

for the preservation of the health of the town, and remove all

nuisances from and prohibit all business within the corporate

limits thereof as shall, in their opinion, injuriously affect the

sanitary condition thereof.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the Mayor and Common

Council shall cause to be constructed, as they may determine

To construct
sidewalks.

necessary for the public benefit, sidewalks in any of the streets

of said town not less than four feet in width, of brick, con-