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of this corporation, or shall pollute or render impure any of the said
waters by placing foul substances or nuisances therein, they shall forfeit
and pay the damages sustained therefrom, to be recovered with costs of
suit, in the name of said corporation, before any court or justice of the-
peace having cognizance thereof.

The Governor of the State is hereby authorized to subscribe in the
name of the State, for the capital stock of the said company, not exceed-
ing twenty thousand dollars, of four hundred shares, and to contract with
the president and directors of the said company, or their agent or agents,
annually to supply the public buildings and grounds belonging to the
State, at the same rate and terms upon which water is furnished to the
citizens of Annapolis, and the Comptroller, when certified by the Gov-
ernor of the sum of money agreed by him to be paid to the said com-
pany for stocks subscribed or for water, shall issue his warrant upon the-
Treasurer of the State for the same, in favor of the said President and
Directors, and the Governor is hereby authorized to contract in like man-
ner with the said company for all the water, fixtures and apparatus neces-
sary to introduce water into said public buildings and grounds to be paid
for as aforesaid upon his certificate, by the warrant of the Comptroller;
provided, the sum of twenty thousand dollars has been previously paid
in by private stockholders.

That nothing herein contained shall be construed to give to the said
company any banking privileges, and the General Assembly hereby re-
serves the right to alter, amend or repeal the charter hereby created.

1904, ch. 322. 1914 Code, sec. 106.

88. The Mayor, Counselor and Aldermen of the City, of Annapolis
are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase stock of the Annapolis
Water Company, in their discretion, whenever the same is for sale, and
may borrow for the purchase thereof, and may use said stock as an offset
to the debt incurred therefor, and as collateral for the purchase money;
provided, that after having purchased stock in the corporate name of the
City of Annapolis for the benefit and use of said city, it shall not be
alienated or hypothecated for any other debt whatsoever.
A. A. Co. v. Annapolis, 126 Md. 447.

1912, ch. 86. 1914 Code, sec. 107. 1918, ch. 205.

89. The said Annapolis Water Company* shall be managed by a
board of five directors, one of whom shall be the person who may be Mayor
of the City of Annapolis, and who shall serve as such director during his
term of office as Mayor; one of whom shall be the person who may be
City Counselor of the City of Annapolis, and who shall serve as such
director during the time for which he has been elected as such City Coun-
selor; one of whom shall be an alderman of the municipal corporation of

*Ch. 205, 1918, recited the fact that Annapolis had acquired all the stock of the
Annapolis Water Company and was operating it as a public utility.