272 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 126

nate leakage or loss of water. No private or semi-public water
supply installation intended for the use of two or more build-
ings or premises shall be constructed in said town of Mt. Airy
without the person, firm or corporation doing the work having
first obtained a permit from said Mayor and Council of Mt.
Airy and paid a reasonable charge therefor, and such plants
shall then be installed, maintained and operated under such

rules and regulations as said Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy
may require or devise. Any violation of any of the provisions
of this Section shall be a misdemeanor, punishable under Sec-
tion 16 of this Act.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That for every water
connection as provided under Section 8, said Mayor and Council
of Mt. Airy shall make such charge as it shall determine to be
reasonable, which charge shall be uniform throughout the town
of Mt. Airy, subject however, to revision annually by the Mayor
and Council of Mt. Airy. Said charge shall be paid by all prop-
erty owners at the Office of the Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy
before the actual connection with any pipe on private property
is made; or any owner so desiring may so pay one-fourth of said
charge, in which case the balance shall be paid in three equal
anual installments, such deferred payments to bear interest at
the rate of 6 per cent and to be payable at the same time, in the
same manner and subject to the same penalties and methods
of collection, as the front foot benefit charges provided under

Section 7. One-half of the revenue, above actual cost, derived
from such charges shall be retained by the Mayor and Council
of Mt. Airy and as a contingent fund for repairs, replacements
or any extraordinary expense in the maintenance and operation
of the water supply system under its control. The remaining
half shall be applied by the Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy to
the payment of the bonded debt, as hereinafter provided.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That all sums collected
by the Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy for benefits levied against
property for water supply construction, and half of all sums
collected by the Mayor and Council of Mt. Airy for water con-
nections, as provided in Section 10, shall be set aside as a sepa-
rate fund to be known and designated as the "Current Interest
and Sinking Fund, '' if sinking fund bonds are used, and "Cur-
rent Bond Fund, " if serial bonds are use, from which fund in-
terest shall be paid on all outstanding bonds, and the balance,
if any, transferred to the ''Water Supply Sinking Fund Ac-
count, " if sinking fund bonds are used, or to the "Water Supply