580 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

empowered to assess rates for the supply and use of water at any
point in Baltimore city and county; and the mayor and city
council are authorized to enforce payment for the use of water,
and other expenses incurred in the introduction of water from
the water mains, according to the rates established by the said
mayor and city council; said payments to be enforced by the
same process that city or State taxes are collected, or they may
be collected by process before a justice of the peace, or in any of
the courts of the city of Baltimore having jurisdiction in such
cases; and the said mayor and city council are authorized and
empowered to appoint watchmen or such police force as may be
necessary for the protection of their water-works in the city and
county of Baltimore, and to impose fines and penalties for inter-
ference with or injury to the works or their appendages, to pre-
vent the water from being obstructed or contaminated, and to
prohibit all meddling or tampering with the water-works and
their appurtenances; said fines and penalties shall be enforced as
provided in sub-title, "fines and forfeitures," of this article.

1886, ch. 121.

928. The mayor and city council of Baltimore are authorized
to issue bonds or certificates of indebtedness to an amount not
exceeding one million dollars, from time to time, as the same may
be required, payable at such time and bearing such rate of interest,
not exceeding five per centum per annum, as the said mayor and
city council of Baltimore shall provide by ordinances; the pro-
ceeds of the said bonds or certificates of indebtedness to be applied
to the purpose of constructing and completing lake Clifton, as
proposed to be constructed on the line of the work of the intro-
duction of the water of Gunpowder falls to the city of Baltimore,
and for the acquisition of the necessary land in Baltimore county,
whereon to locate one or more reservoirs, and for the construction
of said reservoir or reservoirs, and for obtaining such pumping
machinery as may be necessary in connection therewith, and for
procuring and laying of iron pipes or mains for the purpose of
distributing said water to the inhabitants of said city; provided,
however, that the said bonds or certificates of indebtedness shall
not be issued until the ordinance which the said mayor and city
council of Baltimore are authorized to enact for such issue shall