ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 891

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said Utilities
Commission shall be and they are hereby directed and required
to apply all revenues from the water system for paying the ex-
penses of properly keeping up and operating said water system
and pay over the surplus, if any remains, to the Commis-
sioners of Oxford, semi-annually, on or before the 31st day
of December and the 30th day of June in each and every year,
which shall be used by the Commissioners of Oxford for the
payment of interest and for the redemption of the bonds or
notes outstanding gainst said Water System, herein authorized
to be issued. And if at any time the revenues shall be insuffi-
cient for conducting and operating said water system 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 defi-
ciency, and the said Commissioners of Oxford shall honor and
pay the same out of any funds in their hands unproportioned
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.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That said Oxford Utili-
ties Commission shall have the right to open streets for ex-
tending water mains without special permit, but notice must
be given the Commissioners of Oxford in writing, of an inten-
tion to make such openings and to extend such mains, and
the said Utilities Commission is required to have the openings
carefully guarded to avoid accident, and to restore and to
comply with the requirements of the town as to restoring the
road bed or sidewalk in its normal condition.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That said Utilities Com-
mission shall have full authority to sell to the Commissioners
of Oxford and to the inhabitants of Oxford and vicinity the
product of said Water System.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall not
become effective unless at a special election to be held in the
Town of Oxford on a date to be fixed by the Commissioners
of said Town, which election shall be conducted in all respects
as regular elections in the Town of Oxford are conducted,
there shall be cast a majority of votes in favor of the water
supply loan as provided in this Act, and that at said election
the question of the approval or disapproval of the provisions
of this Act shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the
said Town of Oxford, as follows, namely: That on the ballots