330 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 177

compensation; to make such rules and regulations for the
management of said electrical plant and for their own govern-
ment as they may deem proper; to make extensions, additions
or improvements to said plant, provided the approval of the
Commissioners of Oxford shall first be secured, and where the
total cost of such addition, extension or improvement shall ex-
ceed two hundred ($200) dollars, the Commission shall secure
competitive bids for the purchase of all material for the use
of the said plant, including fuel; and the contract shall be
awarded to the lowest and best bidder, and provided further
that 710 material shall be furnished by any member of said
Commission, directly or indirectly, or by any firm or corpora-
tion with which any member of said Commission may be con-
nected, unless otherwise authorized by the Commissioners of
Oxford. The said Utilities Commission shall fix and revise
rates with the approval of the Commissioners of Oxford and
adopted by their formal resolution. Provided, however, that
nothing in this Act contained is intended or shall be taken or
construed as relieving the Commissioners of Oxford or the
said Utilities Commission, from any and all provisions of
Chapter 180 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Mary-
land of 1910, known as the Public Service Commission Law.
or any amendments thereto.

The said Commission shall within ten days after being ap-
pointed organize by electing one of their members President,
and also by electing a Secretary and Treasurer, either or both
of the last named may or may not be members of the Commis-
sion, and the same person may hold both offices, and shall serve
for one year or until the appointment and qualification of his
or their successor, and the said Commission may. if they see
fit. appoint a Manager. No bills or expenses incurred in the
management and operation of said plant shall be paid except
by check signed by the President and countersigned by the
Treasurer after said bills (except authorized weekly pay rolls
and minor expenses) shall have been approved and ordered
paid by the Commission. The Treasurer shall have charge of
all revenues arising from the plant, but such revenues shall
be deposited in some bank to be selected by said Commission,
in the name of and to the credit of the Oxford Utilities Com-
mission. He shall keep a separate and accurate account of all
receipts and disbursements, and shall annually on or before
the first day of February make a complete and detailed report