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and hereafter expenses connected therewith, provided, if
the receipts from the Water Department shall be less
than the expenses in any year or years, the Mayor and
City Council shall levy from time to time such amount on
the assessable property of the city as may be necessary to
pay the bonds issued hereunder, or are hereby empowered
to borrow an amount not exceeding thirty thousand ($30, -
000. 00) dollars in any one year, and to pledge the credit
of the city for the security of the same, provided, how-
ever, that the water rate shall be increased for the suc-
ceeding year sufficient to pay off such deficit.

5. That the bonds hereunder authorized, shall be is-
sued in addition to and exclusive of the ten per cent
bonded indebtedness on the assessed valuation of the
property in the City of Cumberland, authorized by Chap-
ter 158 of the Acts of the Assembly of 1898, paragraph
entitled '' Finances. ''

6. That if the Mayor, or any member of the City
Council shall violate any of the provisions of this Act. or
expend, or attempt the expenditure of any of the pro-
ceeds of said bonds for any other purposes than herein
set forth, he or they, shall, upon indictment and convic-
tion, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than one hun-
dred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or be
sentenced to confinement in the Allegany County jail for
not more than six months, or both fine and imprisonment
in the discretion of the Court.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this is an emer-
gency law, necessary for the public health and safety (on
account of the rapid growth of the City of Cumberland in
many directions and the absolute necessity for supplying
water for domestic and industrial uses, and for fire pro-
tection), and three-fifths of the members of the General
Assembly concurring therein, shall take effect from the
date of its passage.

Approved October 1, 1920.