PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 1683

upon said judgment, said Sections are hereby revoked and
repealed.

SEC. 14. That the policemen of Hagerstown, or any of them,
when thereto required by the Mayor and Council, shall perform
the duties of collecting the sum or sums of money due by con-
sumers for service of light or power provided, according to
such regulations as may be determined by the Mayor and
Council.

SEC. 15. That whenever it shall become necessary for the
Mayor and Council to purchase fuel or any materials that may
be advantageously purchased in large quantities or bulk, they
shall, by public advertisement in two or more newspapers of
Hagerstown, invite bids or proposals for furnishing the same
and shall award the contract for furnishing such fuel or ma-
terials to the lowest responsible bidder, and shall in all cases
exact bond with good and sufficient security for the faithful per-
formance of such contract, and the failure to file such bond with
the Mayor and Council within ten days after the award of
such contract shall be sufficient ground for the said Mayor and
Council to revoke and rescind such contract. Nothing in this
Section contained shall render it unlawful for the Mayor and
Council in the event of necessity, to purchase fuel in small
quantities to keep the plant in operation until a contract can
be made under the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That certain new Sec-
tions be added to Article 22 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland, title "Washington County," as set forth in the
Code of 1888, as legalized by Chapter 74 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland of that year, as follows: A new
.Section to follow Section one hundred and fifty-six (156) and
to be known as Section one hundred and fifty-six-A (156-A),
a new Section to follow Section one hundred and fifty-eight
(158) and to be known as Section one hundred and fifty-eight-A
(158-A), a new Section to follow Section one hundred and
fifty-nine (159) and to be known as Section one hundred and
fifty-nine and one-half (159- 1/2), a new Section to follow Sec-
tion one hundred and fifty-nine-A (159-A) and to be known as
Section one hundred and fifty-nine-AA (159-AA), a new Sec-
tion to follow Section one hundred and ninety (190) and to
be known as Section one hundred and ninety-A (190-A), a
new Section to follow Section, one hundred and ninety-two
(192) and.to be known as Section one hundred and ninety-two-
A (192-A) ; said new Sections to read as follows: