CARROLL COUNTY. 1783

receipts from said taxes or other sources be inadequate to deposit the
principal payment on said bonds, by reason of defaults or otherwise, such
deficiency shall be added to and collected in the next year's tax, if
sinking fund bonds are used, or such deficiency shall be made up by a
special tax on all of the property taxed as aforesaid, if serial bonds are
used. The Mayor and Common Council of Manchester are authorized to
pay the interest on any bonds that they issue prior to the first tax levying
period out of the proceeds of the sale of said bonds. In order that the
prompt payment of interest and the proper provisions for the payment of
the principal of said bonds shall be assured, the prompt and proper per-
formance of the respective acts and duties heretofore defined is specifically
enjoined, and failure upon the part of any person, persons, body corporate
or agent to perform the necessary acts and duties hereafter set forth, to
pay over the said funds as required, or to use said funds or any part thereof
for any other purpose than the payment of the principal and interest on
said bonds, is hereby declared a misdemeanor and punishable as other
misdemeanors are punishable, by Section 206 of this subtitle.

1924, ch. 93, sec. 6.

196. Whenever the plans and specifications for said water supply sys-
tem for said town shall have been completed, and said Mayor and Common
Council of Manchester shall have decided, after opportunity for a hearing
has been given, to proceed with the construction, they shall advertise by
notice in such newspapers and technical press as they may deem proper,
for bids for the construction of said system, in parts or as a whole, as in
their judgment may appear advisable. The contract shall be let to the
lowest responsible bidder, or the Mayor and Common Council of Man-
chester may reject any or all bids, and, if in their discretion the prices
quoted are unreasonable, they may re-advertise the work or any part of
it, or may do any part or all of the work by day labor, provided that at
any time the Mayor and Common Council of Manchester may, in their
discretion, expend by day labor for construction work an amount not
exceeding $1,000 without advertising or receiving bids. The Mayor and
Common Council of Manchester may purchase the necessary pipe, fire
hydrants, valves, specials, tanks, pumps, motors, engines, or such like
equipment if, in their discretion, they deem it advisable, and may adver-
tise as aforesaid for bids for the construction of said system in parts, or
as a whole, using said equipment as in their judgment may be deemed
advisable. All such contracts may be protected by such bonds, penalties
and conditions as the Mayor and Common Council of Manchester shall
require, all of which shall be enforceable in any Court having jurisdiction.

1924, ch. 93, sec. 7.

197. The Mayor and Common Council of Manchester for the purpose
of assessing benefits for the construction of said water supply system, shall
divide all properties binding upon a street, lane, alley or right-of-way, in
which a water main is to be laid, into four classes, namely: agricultural,