96 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 58

recommendations to the Mayor and Council as may in their
judgment seem necessary and expedient for the successful
management and development of said plant.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all sums of money
collected from consumers of water shall be immediately paid
over to the Tax Collector of Hagerstown, and the money so
received shall constitute a separate fund to be kept by the Tax
Collector, to be known as the "Water Fund, " and to be applied
to the costs and expenses incident to the operation, maintenance
and extension of said plant and to the payment of the interest
and other fixed charges thereon and toward the carrying out
the provisions of this Act and such Ordinances relating to said
Water Plant as may be enacted from time to time by the
Mayor and Council of Hagerstown in conformity with this
Act, and to and for no other use or purpose whatsoever; said
fund shall be drawn by the "Board of Water Commissioners"
for all purposes whatsoever properly chargeable to the water
plant and the operation thereof by warrant duly signed by the
President of said Board and countersigned either by the Sec-
retary of said Board, or the Superintendent of the Water
Plant, as may be ordered by said Board.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That to provide the sum
of money necessary to pay the costs and expenses of conducting
and operating said plant, in the event that the revenues derived
therefrom shall not be sufficient for said purposes, the Mayor
and Council of Hagerstown is hereby authorized and empow-
ered to levy annually on every one hundred dollars worth of
assessable property in Hagerstown, an amount sufficient to meet
said deficiency, and the sum of money collected from said
levy shall constitute part of the aforementioned separate fund
to be known as the "Water Fund" and be applied to the pay-
ment of the costs and expenses of conducting and operating
said plant and to and for no other purpose whatsoever. It is
hereby expressly provided, however, that this levy shall never
be made unless the revenues derived from the sale of water to
consumers shall prove inadequate to pay the necessary expenses
of the operation and maintenance of said plant.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That if the revenues de-
rived from the payment by consumers for the use of water
shall at any time exceed the sum of money necessary to pay
the costs and expenses of operating and maintaining said plant
and making reasonable extensions and enlargements thereof,
the sum of money remaining on the first day of April in each