636 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 370

which tax shall be levied and collected as the said town taxes
now are or may be hereafter by law levied and collected, and
have the same priority rights, bear the same interest and
penalties and in every respect be treated the same as said
taxes for the town of Leonardtown now are. The tax so levied
for the ensuing year shall be collected by the tax collecting
authorities, and every 60 days the said tax collector shall remit
the full amount of the tax so collected to the Commissioners
of Leonardtown. From the money so received, together with
the amount in hand, to the credit of said bond fund, said
Commissioners of Leonardtown shall first pay all interest on
said bonds as it matures, and shall then deposit in some bank
or banks in Leonardtown in their name as a fund to be known
as the "Water Supply Sinking Fund Account," the amount
so raised for payment of the principal of said bonds. Should
receipts from said taxes or other sources be inadequate to
deposit the principal payment on said bonds, by reason of
defaults or otherwise, such deficiency shall be added to and
collected in the next year's tax. The Commissioners of Leon-
ardtown are authorized to pay the interest on any bonds they
may issue prior to the first tax levying period out of the pro-
ceeds of the sale of said bonds. In order that the prompt
payment of interest and the proper provision for the payment
of the principal of said bonds shall be assured, the prompt
and proper performance of the respective acts and duties
heretofore defined is specifically enjoined, and failure upon
the part of any person, persons, body corporate or agent to
perform the necessary acts and duties hereafter set forth, to
pay over the said funds as required, or to use said funds or
any part thereof for any other purpose than for the payment
of the principal and interest on said bonds, is hereby declared
a misdemeanor and punishable as other misdemeanors are
punishable, by Section 15 of this Act.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That whenever the plans
and specifications for said water supply system for said town
shall have been completed and said Commissioners of Leonard-
town shall have decided, after opportunity for a hearing has
been given, to proceed with the construction, they shall ad-
vertise by notice in such newspapers and technical press as
they may deem proper, for bids for the construction of said
system, in parts or as a whole, as in their judgment may ap-
pear advisable. The contract shall be let to the lowest re-