LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 680

define the duties of the officers of said corporation, require
bonds and fix the penalties thereof for the faithful perform-
ance of their respective duties, and they shall have power to
enforce their ordinances by fines and penalties; they shall have
the power to contract with individuals, companies or corpora-
tions for the introduction of gas, water or electricity into said
city, and for the lighting of the streets and alleys thereof;
they may erect or purchase any plant for the supplying of
gas, water or electricity to the City and its inhabitants for
public or private uses, and may operate the same; they shall
have the power to construct and maintain or contract for the
construction of sewers or a general system of sewers for the
City.

Provided, however, that before the said Mayor and City
Council shall proceed to erect or purchase any plant for the
supplying of gas, water or electricity to the City or its inhab-
itants, and before authorizing the construction of any general
system or systems of sewers, they shall first submit said propo-
sition or propositions to the legally qualified voters of said
City at a special or general election to be held after at least
twenty days' previous notice thereof. And if at said election
a majority of said voters shall approve any such proposition
or propositions the said Mayor and City Council shall there-
upon proceed to carry the same into effect. But if a majority
of said voters shall disapprove of any-such proposition or
propositions, then said Mayor and City Council shall abandon
the same. And no such proposition shall again be submitted
to the popular vote until at least six months have elapsed
from the date of the election at which said proposition was
disapproved.

No use shall be made of the streets of said City by any
individual or corporation for the purpose of a railroad, tram-
way, telegraph line, telephone line, electric light or power
lines, electric subways or gas or water conduits or pipe lines,
without the consent of the Mayor and City Council, and sub;
ject to such franchise tax and regulations as they may by ordi-
nance prescribe.

Section 309. For the purpose of retiring the floating debt
of Havre de Grace the Mayor and City Council of said City
are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow on the credit
of said City an amount not exceeding the sum of twenty-five
thousand dollars, and to issue bonds of said City in payment
of the sum so borrowed. The said bonds shall be for sums not