ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                  249

the municipal Water System as The Mayor and Aldermen
of Frederick shall think necessary or desirable, and to pro-
vide for the payment of the interest on said bonds and for
the payment of the principal thereof, when the same shall
fall due and become payable.

WHEREAS, The present sources of water supply from Silver
Springs, Tuscarora and Fishing Creek, which now furnish
water to Frederick City, have been found to be inadequate for
the purpose of supplying the city with a sufficient quantity of
water; and

WHEREAS, The firm of Whitman, Requardt and Smith,
Water Engineers of the City of Baltimore, after making a
comprehensive study of the municipal water system and the
available sources of supply, have recommended to The Mayor
and Aldermen of Frederick, in a report dated February 18,
1931, that the city acquire an additional water supply by
pumping water from Linganore Creek, at a cost of approxi-
mately $200, 000. 00; and

WHEREAS, The State Board of Health, through its sanitary
engineering department, after making a thorough study of the
needs of the municipal water system and the available sources
of supply, through its chief engineer, Abel Wolman, recom-
mended to The Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick that the
city secure an additional supply of water from Linganore
Creek; and

WHEREAS, At a public meeting of citizens of Frederick City,
held at the Court House in Frederick, Maryland, February
27, 1931, after due consideration of the reports of said Engi-
neers and full discussion of the subject, it was decided by
almost unanimous vote of those present to adopt the reports
of said Engineers and secure an additional supply of water
from Linganore Creek; and

WHEREAS, The city has recently added five additional feet
to the height of its Fishing Creek dam at an expenditure of
approximately $17, 000. 00, payment for which must be pro-
vided for; and

WHEREAS, The Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick may find
it necessary to make other permanent improvements to its