4836 ARTICLE 22.

1918, ch. 58, sec. 5.

467. To provide the sum of money necessary to pay the costs and

expenses of conducting and operating said plant, in the event that the
revenues derived therefrom shall not be sufficient for said purposes, the
Mayor and Council of Hagerstown is hereby authorized and empowered
to levy annually on every one hundred dollars worth of assessable property
in Hagerstown, an amount sufficient to meet said deficiency, and the sum
of money collected from said levy shall constitute part of the aforemen-
tioned separate fund to be known as the "Water Fund" and be applied to
the payment of the costs and expenses of conducting and operating said
plant and to and for no other purpose whatsoever. It is hereby expressly
provided, however, that this levy shall never be made unless the revenues

derived from the sale of water to consumers shall prove inadequate to pay
the necessary expenses of the operation and maintenance of said plant.

1918, ch. 58, sec. 6.

468. If the revenues derived from the payment by consumers for the
use of water shall at any time exceed the sum of money necessary to pay

-the costs and expenses of operating and maintaining said plant and mak-
ing reasonable extensions and enlargements thereof, the sum of money
remaining on the first day of April in each year shall be paid by the Board
of Water Commissioners to the Mayor and Council of Hagerstown, to be
appropriated by said Mayor and Council toward the purchase in the open
market of any of the bonds authorized to be issued or assumed under the
provisions of this Act for the purpose of redeeming the same and any
bonds so purchased shall forthwith be cancelled.

1918, Ch. 58, sec. 7.

469. In addition to the powers expressly conferred by this Act, the
Mayor and Council of Hagerstown shall have such other powers as are
incident thereto, or a necessary consequence of the powers herein con-
ferred, which shall include the right to pass all ordinances not inconsist-
ent with the powers granted by this Act, that may be deemed necessary for
the proper preservation and protection of said plant, its waters, streams

of water and water supplies and to attach reasonable penalties for viola-
tion thereof, to formulate, and enforce all rules and regulations necessary
for the proper conduct of the business of said plant, and from time to time
to repeal, alter and amend said ordinances and said rules and regulations.

1918, ch. 58, sec. 8.

470. If any claim for service of water, or water rent, shall remain
in arrears against any consumer for a period of thirty days, or in case any
consumer shall violate any of the rules and regulations relating to said
Water Plant which may be passed by the said Mayor and Council, the
"Board of Water 'Commissioners" shall have the right to cut off the sup-
ply of water from said consumer, after notice.