1200 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 496

provements to the water plant installation at Lake Gordon,
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 sup-
plied to the residents of the City of Cumberland and
vicinity, a sum sufficient to pay the expenses heretofore
and hereafter necessary 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 improvements, 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 collected 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 receipts from the Water Department shall
be less than the expenses 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 hereunder, and the interest thereon,
provided, however, that the water rates 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 exclu-
sive of the ten per cent bonded indebtedness on the
assessed valuation on property in the City of Cumberland
now authorized by the City Charter, and that any and all
Acts or part of Acts or any part or parts of the Charter
of the City of Cumberland conflicting in any way here-
with is or are repealed insofar and to the extent that the
same shall so conflict, and none of the limitations or
restrictions on the power of the Mayor and City Council
of Cumberland to borrow money or issue and sell bonds
contained in the Charter of said municipality or in any
other law which limits, restricts, or in any other way
affects the powers herein granted, nor any of the provi-
sions of Sections 34-36 of Article 31 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), as amended by the
1947 Supplement, shall be applicable hereto.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That if the Mayor
or any member of the City Council shall violate any of the
provisions of this Act, or expend or attempt the expendi-
ture of any of the proceeds of said bond issue for any other