ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 951

the interest of any tenant, lessee or other person having au
interest in said land, structures or buildings, stream bed, water
way, water rights or water shed. At any time after ten days
after the return and recordation of the verdict or award in said
proceedings, "The Commissioners of Vienna" may enter and
take possession of the property so condemned, upon first pay-
ing to the Clerk of the court the amount of said award and all
costs taxed to date, notwithstanding any appeal or further pro-
ceedings upon the part of the defendant; at the time of said
payment, however, it shall give its corporate undertaking to
abide by and fulfill 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 Dorchester County, and shall be
brought by warrant or indictment upon the oath or information
of any member of "The Commissioners of Vienna'' or any
employee thereof, and the offender shall, upon conviction, be
subject to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or thirty
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 regulation 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 con-
viction.

SEC. 17. And be it further enacted,, That, at any time, "The
Commissioners of Vienna" shall be empowered to extend its
water system into any area outside of the corporate limits of
Vienna, contiguous hereto or in the vicinity thereof, whenever
a majority of the property owners of said areas shall agree to
the conditions that may be imposed by "The Commissioners
of Vienna."

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 Commissioners of Vienna" may
issue bonds, for the extension, enlargement or improvement of
the water system, not in excess of $1,000, without a referendum,
and all other provisions of this Act shall become applicable to
each of said bond issues.