1280 ARTICLE 4.

1908, ch. 214, sec. 14.

826-0. That the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore be and it is
hereby authorized and empowered to pass any and all ordinances not
inconsistent with the terms of this Act, that it may deem advisable for
the purpose of fully effectuating the objects of this Act.

1908, ch. 214, sec. 15.

826P. That all the powers, including powers of condemnation, and
duties hereinbefore conferred and imposed, and all the discretion herein-
before lodged by this Act upon and in the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, other than the powers of passing ordinances hereinbefore ex-
pressly conferred upon it, shall in the name and on behalf of the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore without the necessity for any further legis-
lative action by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore be exercisable
and exercised as one continuous, unbroken delegation of authority by the
municipal officials or official who may for the time being have charge of
the general municipal water supply of Baltimore City, except that in the
event that the charge of said water supply shall at any time or times be
confided by law to one municipal official, there shall be associated with
him, until said main reservoir or lake and all its working appurtenances
and connections of every sort have been completed, in the exercise of all
his powers and discretion, and in the discharge of all of his duties under
this Act by the appointment of the Mayor, subject to the provisions of
Section 25 and other related sections of Article 4, entitled "City of Bal-
timore," of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, and any amend-
ment or amendments thereof, two capable and upright citizens of the City
of Baltimore, who shall serve without pay in the award of contracts for
work under this Act, the persons clothed with the power of doing the work
contemplated by this Act shall be authorized, if they see fit, to insert in
the specifications for any such contract work reasonable and lawful con-
ditions as to hours of labor, wages and the residence or character of work-
men to be employed by the contractor, and especially so far as may be'
practicable in their judgment, such reasonable and lawful conditions as
will tend to confine employment on such work, in whole or in part, to per-
manent and bona fide residents of the State of Maryland only, and said
persons, clothed with the power of doing the work contemplated by this
Act may, with the consent of all of their number, themselves do any part
or parts of any such work under such conditions, in every respect, as they
may prescribe, by day labor, in which event, said persons, in addition
to their other powers in the premises shall likewise be authorized to devise,
promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations as will make merit
and personal fitness, ascertained by some system of open competition or
registration, or both, the sole test of eligibility for all positions,or em-
ployments under their control that they may see fit to embrace within the
scope of said rules and regulations, which, however, may be limited to
permanent and bona fide residents of this State in any particular; pro-
vided, however, that neither any contractor or contractors, nor the persons;