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1898, and all amendments thereof or supplements thereto,
passed by virtue of the provisions of Chapter 200 of the Acts
of Assembly of Maryland enacted during the Session of the
year 1892, but said stock shall not be issued in whole or in part
unless the ordinance of the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more providing for the issuance thereof, shall be submitted to
the legal voters of Baltimore at such time and place as may be
fixed by said ordinance, and be approved by a majority of the
votes cast for and against said ordinance at such time and
place as required by section 7 of Article 11 of the Constitution
of Maryland.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 13, 1912.

CHAPTER 28.

AN ACT providing for annual sewerage rates or charges in the
City of Baltimore, to be called "Sewer Rents," and for the
collection thereof, and to authorize the submission of this
act to the legal voters of Baltimore City for their approval
or disapproval.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That there is hereby imposed for the benefit of the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and to be payable to
and collected by the Collector of Water Rents and Licenses,
as hereinbelow provided, the following annual charges or rates,
to be called sewer rents, on all properties specially benefited by
the new sewerage system of Baltimore City. Said sewer rents
shall begin, as to property improved by buildings or structures,
from the first day of January succeeding the time when said
property is connected with the new sewerage system of Balti-
more City, and, as to vacant or unimproved lots, from the first
day of January succeeding the time when said sewerage system
is completed in proximity to such lots and ready to be con-
nected therewith.

1. On all lots improved by private dwellings not more than
thirteen feet in width and not more than two stories in height,
and having only one flush closet fixture, $4.00; if more than
thirteen feet in width, an additional charge of fifty cents for
each foot or major fraction thereof in excess of thirteen feet
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