1802 ARTICLE 7.

property taxed as aforesaid, if serial bonds are used. The Mayor and
Council of Mt. Airy is authorized to pay the interest on any bonds that it
issues prior to the first tax levying period out of the proceeds of the sale
of said bonds, if necessary. In order that the prompt payment of interest
and the proper provision for the payment of the principal of said bonds
shall be assured, the failure upon the part of any person, persons, body
corporate or agent to pay over the said funds as required, or to use said
funds, or any part thereof, for any other purpose than for the payment of
the principal and interest on said bonds, is hereby declared a misdemeanor
and punishable as other misdemeanors are punishable, by Section 257 of
this subtitle.

1924, ch. 12'6, sec. 6.

247. Whenever the plans and specifications for said water supply sys-
tem for said town shall have been completed, and said Mayor and Council
of Mt. Airy shall have decided, after opportunity for a hearing has been
given, to proceed with the construction, it shall advertise by notice in
such manner as it may deem proper, for bids for the construction of said
system, in parts or as a whole, as in its judgment may appear advisable.
The contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, or the Mayor
and Council of Mt. Airy may reject any or all bids, and, if in its discretion
the prices quoted are unreasonable, it may re-advertis© 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 Council of Mt. Airy may, in its discretion,
expend by day labor for construction work am amount not exceeding
$1,000 without advertising or receiving bids. The Mayor and Council
of Mt. Airy may purchase the necessary pipe, fire hydrants, valves,
specials, tanks, pumps, motors, engines, or such like equipment if, in its
discretion, it deems it advisable, and may advertise as aforesaid for bids
for the construction of said system in parts, or as a whole, using said
equipment as in its judgment may lie deemed advisable. All such con-
tracts may be protected by such bonds, penalties and conditions as the
Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy may require, all of which shall be en-
forceable in any court having jurisdiction.

1924, ch. 126, sec. 7.

248. The Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy 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, small
acreage, industrial or business, and residential or sub-division property.
Immediately upon the commencement of the waiter supply project, the
Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy is empowered and directed to fix and
levy a benefit charge upon all property abutting upon said water main,
in accordance with the classification, and shall, in writing, notify all
owners of said properties into which class their respective properties fall
and the charge determined upon, naming also in said notice a time and
place when and at which said owners will be heard. Such notice may be