96 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 54

CHAPTER 53.

AN ACT to repeal Section 148 of Chapter 88 of the Acts of
1902, and of Article 1 of the Code of Public Local Laws,
title "Allegany County, " sub-title "Frostburg, " providing
for the collection of taxes and water rents in the town of
Frostburg and to re-enact the same with amendments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 148 of Chapter 88 of the Acts of 1902,
be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments so as to read as follows:

Section 148. The collector, within ten days after the re-
ceipt of such warrant and list, shall render to each person
named therein an account of his tax, and unless the same be
paid within three months after the date of. the levy, may col-
lect the same as provided by Section 150 of this Article; and
all assessments, rents and charges made by said Mayor and
Councilmen for the use of water supplied by them are hereby
made a lien upon the real estate upon which said water is used,
of equal rank with other corporate taxes, and shall be collected
as such taxes are authorized to be collected under said Section
150 of said Article, and in addition thereto a suit in personam
may be brought against the owner of any building by said col-
lector for water rents for water used in any building, whether
said use was by the owner or his tenant or sub-tenant.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from June 1st, 1916.

Approved March 21st, 1916.

CHAPTER 54.

AN ACT to authorize the Mayor and Council of Midland, Alle-
gany County, Maryland, to issue and to sell bonds for a sum
not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5, 000. 00) for the
purpose of building and providing sewers, acquiring land
for streets, grading and paving streets and alleys within the
limits of the Town of Midland, and to provide the method
by which the contracts for the said improvements shall be
awarded, and to present the question of the issuance of said
bonds to the qualified voters of the said Town of Midland