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on or before the 31st day of May and the 30th day of Novem-
ber in each and every year, which shall be used by the Com-
missioners of Oxford for the payment of interest and for the
redemption of the bonds or notes bearing against said electric
plant, herein authorized to be issued. And if at any time
the revenues shall be insufficient for conducting and oper-
ating said plant until the same shall become self-sustaining,
then said Oxford Utilities Commission shall have authority
and are hereby empowered to draft upon the Commissioners
of Oxford to meet such deficiency, and the said Commissioners
of Oxford shall honor and pay the same out of any funds in
their hands unapportioned to special purposes; and should
said Commissioners of Oxford not have the necessary funds
to meet such drafts, then the said Commissioners of Oxford
are authorized to borrow upon the faith and credit of the town,
or to raise by a special tax, the funds necessary to meet such
deficiency.

SECTION 15. That the Commissioners of Oxford shall at
the times have the right to examine or to have examined the
books and accounts of said Utilities Commission, and have
power to remove any member of said Commission against
whom charges may be filed and proven, by formal resolution
passed by the unanimous vote of the Commissioners of Ox-
ford, provided, however, the members thus removed shall have
the right to appeal to the Circuit Court for Talbot County.

SECTION 16. That said Oxford Utilities Commission shall
have the right to open streets for electric light poles or con-
duits without special permit, but notice must be given the
Commissioners of Oxford in writing of an intention to make
such openings and erect such poles, and the said Utilities
Commission is required to have the openings carefully guarded
to avoid accident, and to restore and to comply with the re-
quirements of the town as to restoring the road bed or side-
walk to its normal condition.

SECTION 17. That said Utilities Commission shall have full
authority to sell to the Commissioners of Oxford and to the
inhabitants of Oxford and vicinity the product of said elec-
tric plant.

SECTION 18. That this Act shall take effect on the first day
of June, 1920.

Approved April 16, 1920.