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tions as said Commissioners of Ellicott City may require or devise. Any
violation of any of the provisions of this Section, shall be a misdemeanor,
punishable under Section 192 of this Article.

1924, ch. 404, sec. 6.

184. For every water connection made with said water supply system,
the Commissioners of Ellicott City shall make such charge as they shall
determine to be reasonable, which charge shall be uniform throughout the
City, and shall be subject to annual revision by the Commissioners of
Ellicott City. Said charge shall be paid by all property owners at the
office of the Commissioners of Ellicott City before the actual connection
with any pipe on private property is made.

1924, ch. 404, se'c. 7.

185. For the purpose of providing funds for maintaining, repairing
and operating said water supply system, and for the purpose of redeem-
ing said bonds as they mature, and for paying the interest thereon, the
said Commissioners of Ellicott City shall be empowered, and they are
hereby directed, to establish such service rates as they may deem neces-
sary and proper, chargeable against all property having a connection with
any water main. Such rates shall be uniform for similar water use
throughout the City of Ellicott City, and be subject to change from time
to time, as necessary. Bills for the amount of the charges as above speci-
fied shall be sent quarterly or semi-annually, as said Commissioners of
Ellicott City may determine, to each property served, and shall thereupon
be payable at the office of the Commissioners of Ellicott City; and if any
bills shall remain unpaid after thirty days from date of sending, the said
Commissioners of Ellicott City shall, after written notice to be left upon
the premises, or mailed to the last known address of the owner, turn off
the water from the property in question, and it shall not be turned on
again until said bill or bills shall have been paid. If any bill shall remain
unpaid for sixty days after being sent out by the Commissioners of Elli-
cott City, it shall be collectible against the owner of the propertv served,
in the same manner as other debts are collected in Ellicott City.

1924, ch. 404, sec. 8.

186. All moneys derived from the granting of permits as provided for
in Section 183 of this Article, and from making the water connections,
as provided in Section 184 of this Article, and from the collection of
water rents or rates as provided for in Section 185 of this Article, shall
be set aside as a separate fund, to be known and designated as the "Water
Supply Fund," and the cost of maintaining, repairing and operating
said water supply system shall first be paid out of the same, and any
balance remaining, may be applied to the payment of the interest on said
bonds, and the redemption of said bonds, as they mature, as hereinafter
more particularly set forth.