TALBOT COUNTY. 4663

1918, oh. 48, sec. 4.

489. The said St. Michaels Utilities Commission shall be and they are
hereby required to apply all revenues from the electric plant or system to
pay the expenses of properly keeping up and operating said plant or sys-
tem, and pay over the surplus, if any remains, to the Commissioners of
St. Michaels semi-annually on or before the 31st day of. May and the 30th
day of November in each and every year, to be used by the Commission-
ers of St. Michaels for payment of interest and for the redemption of the
bonds bearing against the plant or system; and if at. any time the revenues
shall be insufficient for conducting and operating said electrical system,
until the same shall become self-sustaining, then said St. Michaels Utility
Commission shall have authority and are hereby empowered to draft upon
the Commissioners of St. Michaels to meet such deficiency and said Com-
missioners of St. Michaels shall honor the same out of any funds in their
hands unappropriated to such purposes, and should the Town Commis-
sioners of St. Michaels not have the necessary funds or provisions therefor
to meet such draft, then the Commissioners of St. Michaels are author-
ized and empowered to borrow on the faith and credit of the Town or
raise by a special tax the funds necessary to meet the deficiency.

1918, ch. 48, sec. 5.

490. Any person designedly or negligently injuring the lighting plant
or system or any part thereof, or attachment thereto, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall for such offence forfeit and pay to the
Commissioners of St. Michaels a fine not exceeding $50.00 to be recov-
ered by said Commissioners of St. Michaels as other fines are collected.

1918, ch. 48, sec. 6.

491. The Commissioners of St. Michaels shall at all times have the
right to examine or have examined, the books and accounts of said Utility
Commission and have the power to remove any member of the Commission,
against whom charges may be filed and proved, by formal resolution
passed by unanimous vote of the Commissioners of St. Michaels; pro-
vided, however, that should a contingency arise whereby such action is
taken, the member thus removed shall have the right to a trial before the
Circuit Court for Talbot County.

1918, ch. 48, sec. 7.

492. In addition to the powers above enumerated the said Utility Com-
mission shall have the right to erect electric light poles or conduits, with-
out special permit, but notice must be given to the Commissioners of St.
Michaels in writing of an intention to make such openings and erect such
poles and the Commission is required to have the openings carefully
guarded to avoid accident and to restore or comply with the requirements
of the Town as to restoring, the roadbed or sidewalk to its normal con-
ditions.