336 ARTICLE 1A.

operating of the water system of Cumberland, Maryland, and to pay for
the redemption of the bonds now outstanding against the City of Cumber-
land for water improvements, and this bond issue, and the interest on all
the bonded indebtedness of the City of Cumberland, pertaining to the
water system of said city, and the money so charged and collected shall be
kept and maintained in a fund separate, it being the intention of this
Act to enable the Mayor and City Council of Cumberland to so operate the
water supply of said city that the revenue therefrom shall be used to de-
fray the heretofore or hereafter expenses connected therewith, provided if
the receipts from the Water Department shall be less than the expenses in
any year or years, the Mayor and City Council shall levy from time to
time such amount on the assessable property of the city as may be neces-
sary to pay the bonds issued hereunder, or are empowered to borrow an
amount not exceeding thirty thousand ($30,000.00) dollars in any one
year, and to pledge the credit of the city for the security of the same, pro-
vided, however, that the water rate shall be increased for the succeeding
year sufficient to pay off such deficit.
See sec. 167.

1929, ch. 548, sec. 5.

174. The bonds hereunder authorized shall be issued in addition to
and exclusive of the ten per cent, bonded indebtedness on the assessed val-
uation of the property in the City of Cumberland authorized by Section
55 of this Article.

1929, ch. 548, sec. 5A.

175. The Mayor and City Council of Cumberland shall exercise the
powers herein granted, only in the event that Chapter 552 of the Acts of
the General Assembly of 1929, the same being House Bill No. 313 and
pertaining to the increasing of the corporate limits of the City of Cumber-
land, shall have become effective by a referendum vote, as therein provided.
See notes to sec. 2 for provisions as to annexation.

1929, ch. 548, sec. 6.

176. If the Mayor or any member of the City Council shall violate any
of the provisions of this Act, or expend or attempt the expenditure of
any of the proceeds of said bond issue for any other purpose than herein
set forth, he or they, shall, upon trial and conviction, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not less than one hundred ($100.00) dollars, nor more than one
thousand ($1,000.00) dollars, or be sentenced to confinement in the Alle-
gany County Jail for not more than six months, or both fine and improve-
ment in the discretion of the Court.

1922, ch. 514, sec. 1.

177. The Mayor and City Council of Cumberland are hereby author-
ized and empowered to convey to the Trustees mentioned in Section 178
of this Article that part of the old water works lot (part of City Lot No. 3
in Cumberland, Maryland) binding on Cherry Alley and extending along