LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 269

ceived when tendered, may at any time thereafter be received
from the City, without interest, by the said owner or his legal
representative. If the twenty jurors summoned as aforesaid
shall not appear at the time and place as aforesaid the Sheriff
or his deputy, as the case may be, shall forthwith summon
other freeholders of the county, .from the bystanders or others
qualified as aforesaid, to make up the said jury to the num-
ber of twelve. The jurors so summoned and attending shall
be allowed the same compensation as is allowed to the jurors
in the Circuit Court for the county, and the Sheriff shall be
allowed similar fees as are allowed by law for the summoning
jurors to attend the Circuit Court for the county, and also a per
diem of two dollars for every day he or his deputy shall be in
attendance upon an inquisition; and such expenses shall be paid
by the City, except in cases of objections to the confirmation of
inquisitions before the Circuit Court, when the costs in said
Court may be awarded in the discretion of the Court. For
the purpose of defraying all the expenses and costs of said
lands, waters and water rights as shall have been taken for
the purposes aforesaid, and of constructing all works neces-
sary to the accomplishment of said purposes, and all expenses
incident thereto, the said City shall have authority, in the name
of the City, to issue certificates of debt, to be denominated
on the face Baltimore Water Stock, to an amount not ex-
ceeding five million dollars, bearing interest not exceeding
six per cent, per annum, and to provide by ordinance for
the redemption of the same at a certain time, and under
such provisions as the City may deem expedient and proper.
The said City is authorized and empowered to assess rates
for the supply and use of water at any point in Baltimore
City and County, and also 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 City, 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. The said City is authorized and empowered to appoint
watchmen or such police force as may be necessary for the pro-
tection of its water works in the City and County of Baltimore,