250                         LAWS OF MARYLAND.                 [CH. 116

water system, resulting from the acquisition of water from
Linganore Creek; therefore

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That The Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick, a
municipal corporation of the State of Maryland, be and it is
hereby authorized and empowered to issue and sell serial cou-
pon bonds of said municipal corporation, in an amount not
exceeding two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars
($225, 000. 00), par value, and expend the proceeds therefrom
for the purpose of introducing into the Water System of said
municipal corporation an additional supply of water from
Linganore Creek, in Frederick County, Maryland, and for the
purpose of constructing a filtration plant and pumping station
on Linganore Creek, at the intake to be erected thereon, and
for the purpose of acquiring all necessary lands, easements,
rights of way, labor and materials, necessary for the introduc-
tion of said additional supply of water, and for the purpose
of providing payment for the construction of five additional
feet to the height of Fishing Creek Dam, and for the purpose
of providing payment for such other permanent improvements
to the municipal Water System as The Mayor and Aldermen
of Frederick shall think necessary or desirable, and to provide
for the payment of the interest on said bonds and for the pay-
ment of the principal thereof, when the same shall fall due
and become payable.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That The Mayor and
Aldermen of Frederick is hereby authorized and empowered
to provide by ordinance, or ordinances, at such time as it shall
think proper, for the issuance of said bonds, provided that the
total amount of bonds issued under this Act shall not exceed
in the aggregate two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars
($225, 000. 00), par value.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Aldermen of Frederick is hereby authorized and empowered
to sell said bonds by bid upon sealed proposals, to the highest
responsible bidder or bidders, after having given at least two
weeks public notice by advertisement inserted in at least two
newspapers published in Frederick City and such other notice
as it shall think proper, provided that said bonds shall not be
sold except for cash. Said bonds when issued shall be exempt
from States county and municipal taxation.