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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and all moneys derived from this source shall be held by the said

mayor and councilmen for the purposes of this act and used by

them for no other purpose; and out of the moneys so collected

the said water board shall provide for the payment of the ex-

penses of running said water-works, and all suits or actions for

injury or damage to said works, or for the collection of water

rents shall be brought in the name of the mayor and councilmen

of Frostburg; and the said water board are hereby authorized to

make suitable provisions for the protection of the property in

Fire-plugs

said town from fire by providing a suitable number of fire-plugs

or public hydrants properly adapted to the purpose and con-

veniently situated for use.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That the said mayor and council-

Account.

men are hereby required to keep an accurate account of their re-

ceipts and disbursements in conducting said water-works, and if

at the end of any fiscal year, there shall remain in their hands a

surplus of receipts after paying all expenses, such surplus shall

be paid into the treasury of said town for the purposes of this

act, and if there shall in any year or years be a deficiency or

failure of receipts to meet expenses; the mayor and councilmen

of said town are hereby authorized, directed and required to levy

Special

tax.

a special tax not exceeding fifteen cents on one hundred dollars

as other taxes are now levied upon the assessable proper ty of said

town, and to collect the same as other taxes are now collected for

the purpose of meeting such a contingency.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the

mayor and councilmen of Frostburg, at the next regular election

for mayor and councilmen succeeding the passage of this act, to

submit to the qualified voters of said town the question as to

whether or not water-works shall be purchased or constructed

for said town under this act, and at such election the ballots cast

upon said question shall have the words ''For water-works" or

"Against water-works" as the voters shall desire, and if a majority

of the votes cast upon said question shall be "For water-works,"

To submit.

then the mayor and councilmen of said town shall proceed with-

out delay, to execute the powers vested in them by the provisions

of this act, but if a majority of the votes cast upon this said

question shall be "Against water-works" then the said mayor and

councilmen shall not execute any of the powers vested in them

by this act; and it shall be the duty of the said mayor and coun-

cilmen to give the usual notice of the time and place of the said

election; and the ballots provided for in this act shall be deposited

in a separate box specially provided for the same, and at least
ten days before said election is held they shall cause this act to

be published in some newspaper printed in said town.

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That if this act shall not become a

law until it is too late to give the notice provided for in the pre-