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shall become self-sustaining, then said St. Michaels Utility
Commission shall have authority and are hereby empowered to
draft upon the Commissioners of St. Michaels to meet such
deficiency and said Commissioners of St. Michaels shall honor
the same out of any funds in their hands unappropriated to
such purposes, and should the Town Commissioners of St.
Michaels not have the necessary funds or provisions therefor to
meet such draft, then the Commissioners of St. Michaels are
authorized and empowered to borrow on the faith and credit of
the Town or raise by a special tax the funds necessary to meet
the deficiency.

SEC. 5. That any person designedly or negligently injuring
the lighting plant or system or any part thereof, or attachment
thereto, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall for
such offence forfeit and pay to the Commissioners of St. Mich-
aels a fine not exceeding $50. 00 to be recovered by said Com-
missioners of St. Michaels as other fines are collected.

SEC. 6. The Commissioners of St. Michaels shall at all
times have the right to examine or have examined, the books
and accounts of said Utility Commission and have the power
to remove any member of the Commission, against whom
charges may be filed and proved, by formal resolution passed by
unanimous vote of the Commissioners of St. Michaels; pro-
vided, however, that should a contingency arise whereby such
action is taken, the member thus removed shall have the right
to a trial before the Circuit Court for Talbot County.

SEC. 7. That in addition to the powers above enumerated
the said Utility Commission shall have the right to erect elec-
tric light poles or conduits, without special permit, but notice
must be given to the Commissioners of St. Michaels in writing
of an intention to make such openings and erect such poles and
the Commission is required to have the openings carefully
guarded to avoid accident and to restore or comply with the
requirements of the Town as to restoring, the roadbed or side-
walk to its normal conditions.

SEC. 8. That the Treasurer of said Commission shall daily
deposit the funds of the Commission in his hands, whenever
such funds shall exceed $1. 00 in such bank as the Utilities
Commission may direct.

SEC. 9. The said Utility Commission shall have full author-
ity to sell to the Commissioners of St. Michaels and to the in-