2266 ARTICLE 10.

Commissioners have the power to contract with the owners of property
or the tenants or occupants of the same for the supply of water to any
property, but any contract for such a supply, if made with a tenant or
occupant shall be ratified and confirmed by the owner of the real estate,
the tenant or occupant of which makes said contract for water, and the
real estate shall not be liable for the payment of said water taxes if the
contract shall be made by the Commissioners with a tenant or occupant
without the ratification and confirmation of the contract by the owner of
such real estate, but if such contract shall be made with a tenant or occu-
pant and not ratified and confirmed by the owner of the real estate, then
the Commissioner shall have the power to levy the said water rent or taxes
against the personal property of such tenant or occupant in or on the
premises where water is supplied, and such taxes shall be a preference and
a lien like all State, county and municipal taxes upon personal property
and the same process may be used for the collection of the same as is
herein provided for in the case of such taxes levied and assessed upon real
estate.

And the Commissioners of East New Market shall use the money arising
from such water rents or taxes for the sole purpose of maintaining the
municipal water works, and the Commissioners shall have power to make
additions or repairs to the said water works, they shall have the power to
buy and contract for material and labor, and buy and hold real estate
therefor, and if need be, to issue certificates of indebtedness and obtain
money thereon, for the maintenance of the said water works, or the repair
or enlargement thereof, provided such indebtedness shall not at any time
exceed the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), and such certificate
of indebtedness or certificates shall be valid, legal and binding obligations
upon the full faith and credit of the municipal corporation of East New
Market and all property therein, in Dorchester County, Maryland, the
said certificates may be in whatever denomination the Commissioners may
think best and proper and to bear a rate of interest in their discretion not
to exceed six per cent, per annum, and to mature at such time as the Com-
missioners, in their discretion, may determine, and in order to pay said
certificates of indebtedness, the said Commissioners shall have the power
to make such rates or water rents and charges, as shall be necessary to pay
the principal and interest of any such indebtedness, which water rates or
rents shall be a tax assessed, levied and collected as hereinbefore set forth,
and said Commissioners are hereby vested with power and authority at all
times, to make such rates or rents for water supply within the corporate
limits aforesaid, as shall be necessary to support, maintain, repair or ex-
tend the said municipal water works, and the said Commissioners are
hereby vested with full power and authority to pass any ordinance or ordi-
nances as shall be necessary to protect the said water works and all its
appurtenances, whether on private property or on the municipal property,
within the said corporate limits, and they shall have the power at all
times for the purpose of inspection, making connections or removing the