CARROLL COUNTY. 1805

ings or premises having such connection with the water supply under
its jurisdiction, and may order and require such changes in all plumb-
ing, water works or water connections as it may deem necessary to elimi-
nate leakage or loss of water. No private or semi-public water supply
installation intended for the use of two or more buildings or premises
shall be constructed in said town of Mt. Airy without the person, firm
or corporation doing the work having first obtained a permit from said
Mayor and Council of lit. Airy and paid a reasonable charge therefor,
and such plants shall then be installed, maintained and operated under
such rules and regulations as said Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy may
require or devise. Any violation of any of the provisions of this section
shall be a misdemeanor, punishable under Section 257 of this subtitle.

1924, ch. 126, sec. 10.

251. For every water connection as provided under Section 249, said
Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy shall make such charge as it shall deter-
mine to be reasonable, which charge shall be uniform throughout the town
of Mt. Airy, subject, however, to revision annually by the Mayor and
Council of Mt. Airy. Said charge shall be paid by all property owners
at the Office of the Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy before the actual
connection with any pipe on private property is made; or any owner
so desiring may so pay one-fourth of said charge, in which case the bal-
ance shall be paid in three equal annual installments, such deferred pay-
ments to bear interest at the rate of 6 per cent, and to be payable at the
same time, in the same manner, and subject to the same penalties, and
methods of collection, as the front foot benefit charges provided under Sec-
tion 248. One-half of the revenue, above actual cost, derived from such
charges shall be retained by the Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy and as a
contingent fund for repairs, replacements or any extraordinary expense
in the maintenance and operation of the water supply system under its con-
trol. The remaining half shall be applied by the Mayor and Council of Mt.
Airy to the payment of the bonded debt, as hereinafter provided.

1924, ch. 126, sec. 11.

252. All sums collected by the Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy for
benefits levied against property for water supply construction, and half
of all sums collected by the Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy for water
connections, as provided in Section 251, shall be set aside as a separate
fund to be known and designated as the "Current Interest and Sinking
Fund," if sinking fund bonds are used, and "Current Bond Fund," if
serial bonds are used, from which fund interest shall be paid on all out-
standing bonds, and the balance, if any, transferred to the "Water Supply
Sinking Fund Account," if sinking fund bonds are used, or to the "Water
Supply Bond Account," if serial bonds are used, as provided under Sec-
tion 246. The Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy, in order to determine
the amount necessary to be levied under Section 246, shall deduct the
amount of its credit in said "Current Interest and Sinking Fund," if