EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 571

General Laws of Maryland as fully as if said section had been
herein incorporated, and their manner of procedure of condem-
nation for the purpose of this Act shall in all particulars be the
same as if provided by said section 251 of said Article 23. The
said Mayor and Council of Grantsville shall have full power to
fix schedules of rates for furnishing water and sewerage to pri-
vate residences and other buildings, and the said Mayor and
Council shall have power to collect the same as other taxes are
collected and the income therefrom shall be applied, first, for
expenses and maintenance, and afterwards for the payment of
the interest on the bonds and sinking fund to meet the bonds
at maturity.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the title to said water
works and sewerage, and all lands, estates and water courses,
waterways, conduits, pipes, machinery and all other parts
thereto shall when completed or acquired vest in the Mayor
and Council of Grantsville; and every person who shall wil-
fully or knowingly pollute any spring, stream, brook, water
course, reservoir or standpipe in connection with the said water
works so built or constructed by throwing any impure or
deleterious substance or thing into the same, or by swimming,
bathing or washing themselves or by washing clothes or any
other thing therein, or by committing any nuisance in or near
the source of supply or the reservoir or standpipe for said
water works so as to pollute the same shall upon conviction of
such offence be liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five dol-
lars, nor more than three hundred dollars, for each offence, to
be recovered by the Mayor and Council of Grantsville before a
Justice of the Peace as other fines are recoverable, or to im-
prisonment in the county jail or the House of Correction for a
term of not less than six months nor more than eighteen
months or both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the
Justice of the Peace, one-half of such fine to go to the informer
and the balance to the Mayor and Council of Grantsville for
the purposes of this Act.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That for the purpose of redeem-
ing said bonds at their maturity and for securing the prompt
payment of the interest thereon, the Mayor and Council of
Grantsville shall for the year of the issue of said bonds and
annually thereafter until the maturity of said bonds, levy a tax
on the assessable property of said town, not exceeding fifty
cents on the one hundred dollars, to pay the interest thereof,
and the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250) of