FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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2, "Formation of Boards," be and the same is hereby

repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to read as

follows :

SEC. 7. The board of district school trustees shall be

composed of three persons, who shall be appointed by the

Board

county school commissioners on the first Tuesday in August,

district
school

or at their first meeting thereafter, in each year, and who

trustees

shall meet within thirty days after their appointment, and

enter upon the duties assigned them in chapter five of this

article ; at their first meeting they shall appoint a chair-

man to hold office for one year, and shall give notice of the

appointment to the secretary of the board of county school

commissioners.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect

Effective.

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7th, 1892.

CHAPTER 516.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the burgess and Com-

missioners of Taneytown to make a contract with any

body corporate or joint stock water company that may

hereafter be formed in Taneytown for the supply of water

to said town, and erection of fire plugs or hydrants and

to levy taxes to pay said company according to the terms

of said contract, and to provide for the submission of this

act to the qualified voters of the town of Taneytown.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That the burgess aud commissioners of Taney-

town, for the purpose of securing water and the placing of

Water

fire plugs or hydrants in said Taneytown, are hereby author-

for Taney
town.

ized and empowered to enter into and contract with any

body corporate or joint stock water company that may here-

after be formed in Taneytown, for the supplying of water

and to bind the said corporate authorities of said Taiiey-

town to pay annually to said body corporate or joint stock

water company as aforesaid for supplying water to said

town, and the placing of fire plugs or hydrants therein, the

interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, upon the

cost of furnishing water to said town and the placing of fire

plugs or hydrants therein for the extinguishment of fires

and the protection of property in said town ; provided, how-
ever, said interest shall not exceed the amount realized from