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Maryland of 1931, relating to the Board of Directors of
the Annapolis Water Company, its powers and duties,
the appointment of a manager of said Company, and of
a Collector and Assistant Collector and prescribing their
powers and duties.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 89 of Article 2 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, (1930 Edition), title
"Anne Arundel County, " sub-title "Annapolis, " sub-head-
ing "Annapolis Water Company Charter, " as said section
was amended by Chapter 534 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1931, be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, so as to read
as follows:

89. The Annapolis Water Company shall be managed and
controlled by a Board of five Directors, all of whom shall
be members of the Municipal Corporation of Annapolis
(Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Annapolis) and all of
whom shall be appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Annapolis and who shall serve during the term
of office for which they have been elected, unless otherwise
removed, and one of said members of the Board of Direc-
tors shall always be a member of the minor political party
unless there is no minor political party represented; and
said Board of Directors shall appoint and designate one of
their members as the President of the Annapolis Water
Company who shall perform the duties incident to his office
for corporate purposes. The Board of Directors of the
Annapolis Water Company shall also appoint an active
manager, whose duties shall be to supervise and manage
actively and efficiently the affairs of the Annapolis Water
Company, who shall not be a member of the Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Annapolis, and who shall be a
competent engineer and a resident of said city. He shall
serve for a period of three years unless removed or dis-
missed, and he shall receive the sum of Nine Hundred Dol-
lars ($900. 00) per annum as his salary; said manager shall
be subject to removal or dismissal because of inefficiency,
mismanagement, or misconduct, by the Mayor and Alder-
men of the City of Annapolis, upon charges being preferred
against him in writing stating the nature and particulars
of his inefficiency, mismanagement, or misconduct, by the
Mayor or any Alderman of the City of Annapolis and be-
fore his removal or dismissal he shall be entitled to a hear-
ing on said charges before the Mayor and Aldermen of the