1078 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

maximum price that shall be charged therefor, in case the
said gas pipes are laid in the streets, alleys and public places
of said town under any franchise passed in accordance with
the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 6, 1908.

CHAPTER 288.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the Burgess and Commis-
sioners of Williamsport, Washington county, Maryland, to
borrow money on the credit of the said town for the purpose
of supplementing, enlarging, increasing and adding to the
electric light plant and system now belonging to and oper-
ated by the said town as provided for by chapter 27 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at its
January session, A. D. 1898, and to issue bonds for the pay-
ment of the same, and to levy on the assessable property of
the said town to redeem said bonds, and to pay the interest
on the same.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That for the purpose of supplementing, enlarging, in-
creasing and adding the electric light plant and system now
belonging to and operated by the said town of Williamsport,
as provided for by chapter 27 of the Acts of the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, passed at its January session, A. D. 1898,
the Burgess and Commissioners of Williamsport, Washington
county, Maryland, be and they are hereby authorized and em-
powered and directed to borrow money on the credit of the
town of Williamsport, to an amount not exceeding fifteen
thousand dollars, and to issue registered coupon bonds of said
town in payment of the said sum and the interest to accrue;
provided, however, that the question of the issue of the said
bonds shall be submitted to the legal and qualified voters of
said town of Williamsport, at the election held in said town as
hereinafter provided. The said bonds shall be issued in the sum
of five hundred dollars each, shall have coupons attached for
the interest thereon, payable semi-annually at the rate not
exceeding five per cent, per annum; they shall be signed by
the clerk to the Burgess and Commissioners of the said town,
with the corporate seal of said Burgess and Commissioners
affixed, and shall be registered by the said clerk in a book kept
for the purpose. Said bonds shall be issued at such time as