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cally otherwise applied by law and shall have authority by ordi-
nance to create and provide for a sinking fund for the purpose
of redeeming and paying said bonds and the interest thereon.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this Act is an emergency
law and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
health and safety, and having been passed by a yea and nay
vote, supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 4th, 1916.

CHAPTER 197.

ACT to provide for the construction and establishment of
sewers, sewerage systems and sanitation in Baltimore Coun-
ty, providing the ways and means therefor, apportioning
the cost thereof, and authorizing the County Commissioners
of Baltimore County to pledge the credit of the County and
to issue promissory notes for indebtedness incurred on ac-
count thereof, and for the payment of the same, and limiting
the amount of such indebtedness for which they may pledge
the credit of Baltimore County and repealing all Public
Local or Public General Laws of Maryland inconsistent with
the provisions of this Act to the extent of such inconsistency.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the County Commissioners of Baltimore
County shall be charged with the duty as hereinafter pro-
vided, subject, however, to all the limitations and provi-
sions of the succeeding sections of this Act of pro-
jecting, constructing and establishing sewerage and drain-
age systems in Baltimore County whenever in their opin-
ion the public health, welfare or convenience so require, with
the power and authority to include in such systems either sepa-
rately or combined, provision for the collection and disposal
of storm, ground or surface water, household sewage and ordi-
nary sewage, and said Commissioners shall have full power
and authority and the same is hereby expressly delegated to
them to provide, pass and adopt rules, orders and regulations
for the proper maintenance, preservation, repair, improvement,
protection, examination and inspection of such systems, and