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award in said proceedings, the Mayor and Council may enter
and take possession of the property so condemned, upon first
paying to the clerk of the court the amount of said award and
all costs taxed to date, notwithstanding any appeal or further
proceeding upon the part of the defendant; at the time of said
payment, however, it shall give its corporate undertaking to
abide by and fulfil any judgment on such appeal or further
proceeding.

SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That every act or omis-
sion designated as a misdemeanor in this Act, unless otherwise
provided, shall be punishable before any justice of the peace,
or the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, and shall be
brought by warrant or indictment upon the oath or information
of any member of the Mayor and Council or any employee
thereof, and the offender shall, upon conviction, be subject to
a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or 30 days in the
county jail, or both, in the discretion of the court. Where such
act or omission is of a continuing nature, and is persisted in,
in violation of the provisions of this Act, or any rule or regu-
lation formulated thereunder, a conviction for one offense shall
not be a bar to a conviction for a continuation of such offense
subsequent to the first or any succeeding conviction.

SEC 17. And be it further enacted, That, at any time, the
Mayor and Council shall be empowered to extend its water and
sewerage systems into any area outside of the corporate limits
of Gaithersburg, contiguous thereto or in the vicinity thereof,
whenever a majority of the property owners of said area shall
agree to the conditions that may be imposed by the Mayor and
Council.

SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That during any calen-
dar year, after the year in which the last of the bonds issued
under this Act are sold, the Mayor and Council may issue
bonds, for the extension, enlargement or improvement of the
water and sewerage systems, not in excess of $5, 000, without a
referendum, and all other provisions of this Act shall become
applicable to each of said bond issues.

SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That at the next regu-
lar election of the Mayor and Council there shall be submitted
to the qualified voters of the town, the question whether bonds
shall be issued for water and sewerage systems in Gaithers-
burg, and at such election the ballots cast upon such question
shall have thereon the words "For Water and Sewerage Bonds"