162 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 87]

said company, and said company shall be managed by a board
of directors, elected by the party or parties holding a majority
of the stock in said company, consisting of three persons, none
of whom need be stockholders in said company, and none of
whom except the Mayor, as hereinafter provided, shall be a
member of the corporation of Annapolis, and one of said direc-
tors shall be elected to serve for six years and who will also act
as president of the company by virtue of his election; another
director shall be elected for the term of four years, and another
director shall be the person who may be the Mayor of the CM
of Annapolis, and who will serve during his term of office, and
the term of office of said directors shall begin on the last Mon-
day of March, 1912, and all vacancies in said board, whether by
death, resignation or otherwise, shall be filled by the person or
persons holding a majority of the stock of said company.

SEC. 3. And. be it enacted, That the previous acts or parts
of acts relating to the Annapolis Water Company which may
be inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed, and it shall
not be necessary for the said corporation to take any action
adopting or accepting the provisions of this act, but this act
and all the provisions hereof shall immediately upon its pas-
sage become and be a part of the organic law of the said corpora-
tion.

SEC. 4. Be it enacted, That the Mayor, Counsellor and
Aldermen of the City of Annapolis are authorized and empow-
ered to acquire all the capital stock of the Annapolis Water
Company and operate said company under said charter or any
enlargement or amendment thereof to the extent of its stock
holding therein.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted. That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 4, 1912.

CHAPTER 87.

AN ACT to provide for the construction and erection of an
elevator or elevators in the State Annex Building, Annapolis,
Maryland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) or
so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to
the Board of Public Works, to be used in the. construction and