380 ARTICLE 2.

Annapolis, of the opposite political party of the majority of the said mu-
nicipal corporation, who shall be elected by said corporation, the Mayor,
Counselor and Aldermen of the City of Annapolis, and who shall serve
as such director for the time for which he has been elected as such Alder-
man. A fourth person of capability and fitness, a resident and citizen of
the City of Annapolis, to supervise and look after the general operations
of the Water Company, who shall not be a member of the municipal cor-
poration of Annapolis, shall promptly upon the approval of this Act, be
appointed by the Mayor of the City of Annapolis as a director of the
Annapolis Water Company for the term of four years from the last Mon-

day in March, 1918, and every four years thereafter the appointment to
such office shall be so made for each succeeding four years' period, and
the person so appointed shall act as president of the company. A fifth
person, also a resident and citizen of Annapolis, and who shall also not
be a member of the said municipal corporation, shall be elected by the
Mayor, Counselor and Aldermen for a term of four years beginning the
last Monday in March, in the year 1920, upon the expiration of the term

of Charles G. Feldmeyer, one of the present directors. At the expiration
of the term of the two last named directors, or in case of the death or
Tesignation of either of them, their successors shall be appointed, or

elected as the case may be, as hereinbefore provided. The said Board of
Directors is hereby invested with full and ample power to manage the
Annapolis Water Company according to its best judgment, and to adopt
and enforce all needful rules and regulations for the government of such
employees as it may find necessary and expedient to have, and for the

care and physical operation of the plant of the said Water Company in
the interests of the health, comfort and proper material requirements of
the people of the City of Annapolis, and shall have full charge of the

development, maintenance and operation of the plant as a municipal
property; provided, however, that the salaries of the members of the said
Board of Directors, respectively, and of its employees, shall not be in-

creased over the salaries now paid without the express authority of the
Mayor, Counselor and Aldermen of the City of Annapolis. And pro-
vided, further, that no expenditure of money such as would be required
for a filtration plant, or any expenditure in excess of two thousand dol-
lars, may be made by the said Water Company without the approval of
the Mayor, Counselor and Aldermen of the City of Annapolis being first
had and obtained. Provided, further, that the said Mayor, Counselor
and Aldermen of the City of Annapolis shall submit the question of
whether or not a filtration plant shall be installed as part of the Annapolis
water works to the taxpayers of said city, listed as such at the time of
such election on the books of the Collector and Treasurer of said city,
said question to be determined by a majority of said taxpayers voting at
such election; the said election to be duly called and held by, and under
the direction of, the said municipal corporation within eight months, after
this Act goes into effect. And the approval hereinbefore mentioned shall
be given or withheld according to the result of said election, and, if given,