ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                  165

Council presiding in the absence of the Mayor, and counter-
signed by the Clerk, with the corporate seal of said corporation
thereto attached, and to be sold at the highest obtainable price
after due advertisement for sealed bids, including publication
in one or more newspapers in Montgomery County, Maryland,
and one or more daily papers of Baltimore City and of Wash-
ington, D. C.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Council of Rockville shall by appropriate ordinance passed
before the issuance of said bonds provide" for the payment of
the interest thereon and the cost and expense of the issuance
and sale of said bonds and for the payment of said bonds when
and as they shall mature; and to this end said Mayor and Coun-
cil of Rockville shall annually levy upon all property liable to
taxation in said town a special tax sufficient for the purpose of
paying said interest, cost of sale, and said bonds at maturity.
Such special tax, however, shall not in any one year exceed fifty
cents on the hundred dollars assessed value of said property.
Said special tax to be a lien upon the property both real and
personal taxable hereunder to the same extent that other cor-
poration taxes are now or may hereafter be and shall be col-
lected as other taxes is said town are, or may hereafter be,
collected.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That said Mayor and
Council of Rockville be and it is hereby authorized and em-
powered to acquire by gift, purchase, or other like methods of
acquisition or by condemnation in the method provided by the
General Laws of the State of Maryland relating to condemna-
tion by corporations, any land or property situated in or near
said. Town of Rockville, in Montgomery County, or any inter-
est, franchise, easement, rights or privileges therein which
may be required for enlarging, improving or maintaining said
water supply and water system, sewerage system and sewerage
disposal plant or plants.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all individuals and
corporations lawfully having buildings, structures, works, con-
duits, mains, pipes, tracks, or other physical obstructions in,
over or under the streets, alleys or highways of said town,
which shall block or impede the progress of said water and
sewerage system, when in progress of construction and estab-
lishment, shall, upon written notice from said Mayor and