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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That the said burgess and

commissioners shall have power and authority,' and are

Power to

hereby required to levy all necessary taxes upon the prop-

levy taxes

erty within the taxable limits of the said corporation, for

the payment of the interest on the bonds hereby authorized

to be issued, as well as for the payment of the said bonds

at maturity, and shall create a sinking fund for that pur-

pose, and levy the necessary taxes therefor not exceeding

the provisions of the charter of said town ; provided that

the question of issuing the said bonds, shall, at the first

municipal election after the passage of this act, held in the

said town of Middletown, be submitted to the qualified

voters of the said town. If a majority of the votes cast at

the said election favor the execution of this law, the burgess

and conmissioners may proceed to issue the said bonds ;

and if a majority of the votes cast are against the execution

of this law, then it shall be null and void.

SEC. 4. Be it enacted, That the burgess and commis-

sioners of Middletown shall have full power to construct a

Power to
construct

reservoir and all the mains necessary to convey the water

reservoir

from the springs of John E. Wile and others on North

Mountain ; near the base of Mount Katalpha, to Middle-

town, by the most feasible route, and likewise all the neces-

sary mains, pipes and fire-plugs, through the streets and

alleys of Middletown ; and that the corporate authorities

be empowered to regulate by a special ordinance the charges

for pipes, hydrants and other supplies for the maintenance

and preservation of said water works intact for the use of

the citizens of the town as well as those adjacent to the

mains leading from the source of supply on the mountain to

the corporate limits of the town.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful,

Shall not

during or after the construction of said water works, for any

be lawful.

person or persons to interfere with the springs, creeks, stor-

age dams or reservoir of the Middletown water works, or

pipes leading therefrom, or to commit any nuisance, or tres-

pass in or upon said reservoir or storage dam. or defile the

water by bathing, or casting therein chips, dirt, fish, filth,

pebbles or stones, whereby the purity of the water may be

impaired either at the source of supply or reservoir.

SEC. 6. Be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any

Unlawful

person or persons to interfere with, break, injure, carry away

to interfere
with

or destroy any of the pipes, valves, stops, castings, fire-

pipes, &c.

plugs, hydrants, instruments or apparatus of the Middletown

water works, in -Frederick County, leading to and from the

reservoir or storage dams of said works, on the grounds