12                           LAWS OF MARYLAND.                     [CH. 6

incident to the construction of said dam, including all pre-
liminary work or all expenses of any kind incurred in connec-
tion therewith, and other necessary purposes heretofore and
hereafter affecting the water supply of the City of Cumber-
land, and for no other purpose or purposes.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
City Council shall charge and collect for the water supplied to
the residents of the City of Cumberland and vicinity, a sum
sufficient to pay the expenses heretofore and hereafter neces-
sary for the operating of the water system of Cumberland,
Maryland, and to pay for the redemption of the bonds now
outstanding against the City of Cumberland for water improve-
ments, and this bond issue, and the interest on all the bonded
indebtedness of the City of Cumberland, pertaining to the
water system of said city, and the money so charged and col-
lected shall be kept and maintained in a fund separate, it being
the intention of this Act to enable the Mayor and City Council
of Cumberland to so operate the water supply of said city that
the revenue therefrom shall be used to defray the heretofore
or hereafter expenses connected therewith, provided if the re-
ceipts from the Water Department shall be less than the ex-
penses in any year or years, the Mayor and City Council shall
levy from time to time such amount on the assessable property
of the city as may be necessary to pay the bonds issued here-
under, and the interest thereon, or are empowered to borrow
an amount not exceeding Thirty Thousand ($30, 000. 00) Dol-
lars in any one year, and to pledge the credit of the city for
the security of the same; provided, however, that the water
rate shall be increased for the succeeding year sufficient to pay
off such deficit.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the bonds here-
under authorized shall be issued in addition to and exclusive of
the ten per cent, bonded indebtedness on the assessed valuation
of the property in the City of Cumberland authorized by Sec-
tion 55 of Chapter 96 of the Acts of the Assembly of 1922.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That if the Mayor or
any member of the City Council shall violate any of the pro-
visions of this Act, or expend or attempt the expenditure of
any of the proceeds of said bond issue for any other purpose
than herein set forth, he or they, shall, upon trial and convic-
tion, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than One Thousand
($1, 000. 00) Dollars, or be sentenced to confinement in the