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employed by said building committee, in accordance with the
terms of their said contract or contracts, upon the warrant of
said building committee, such sum or sums as shall be certified
in such warrant that such contractor or contractors are entitled
to in the performance of the contract or contracts and shall
pay upon the warrant of said building committee, the costs of
plans and specifications of the work proposed to be done, the
salary of the supervising architect, and such other expenses that
said building committee may properly have incurred in the dis-
charge of their duty; and no part of said proceeds of sale of
said bonds shall be paid out by said treasurer, except on the
warrant of said building committee.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10th, 1914.

CHAPTER 311.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the Burgess and Commis-
sioners of Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, to
borrow money on the credit of said town, for the purpose of
constructing water works and an electric light plant, and to
repeal all Acts of Assembly inconsistent with this Act.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That for the purpose of establishing, building, construct-
ing, maintaining and operating water works capable of fur-
nishing the residents of the town of Williamsport with a good
and sufficient supply of water for domestic purposes, and for
fire and other purposes, and also to erect, properly equip,
maintain and operate an electric light, heat and power plant
for lighting the streets and alleys of said town, and to supply
the citizens and corporation of said town, and its vicinity, with
electricity in any and all forms, the Burgess and Commis-
sioners of Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland, be,
and they are hereby authorized and directed to borrow money
on the credit of said town to an amount not exceeding Forty
Thousand Dollars, ($40,000.00), and to issue registered cou-
pon bonds of said town of Williamsport in payment of the said
sum, and the interest thereon to accrue, provided, however
that the question of issuing said bonds shall be submitted to the
legal and qualified voters of said town at a special election to be
held in said town on the first Monday of June, A. D., 1914.