WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 189

day if not paid within the said fifteen days; said charges
shall be and are herewith made a lien on the property
served, and if not paid within six months from the day
they are first due and payable, shall, together with the
penalties, be collected according to law in the manner pro-
vided for by the rules before mentioned. The said joint
water commission shall have the right to cut off the water
to any premises after water charges are unpaid for the
period of six months and not to connect to or supply water
to said premises until delinquent charges have been paid
together with penalties and charges for disconnecting and
reconnecting have been paid. It shall be the duty of said
joint water commission, and they are hereby authorized
and empowered, to collect and receive said charges for
water under the direction of the said Commissioners and
in accordance with the rules to be established as herein-
before provided for. The said joint water commission shall
keep an itemized account of all water charges and fines
on account thereof, due and payable, together with the
names of the consumers and description of the property
served with water fully identified, together with sub-data
as said rules may require in a separate well-bound book
or books, to be provided for the purpose by the Commis-
sioners who shall also render in writing on the first day
of each month to the Commissioners and at such other
times as they may require an itemized statement or report
of all moneys due, payable or paid to it on account of
water charges, together with all moneys expended by it
on account of water works, and such other data as the
Commissioners may require of it; and it shall be the duty
of the clerk to the Commissioners to preserve such state-
ment on the file in the office of the Commissioners and per-
mit the same to be inspected under his care by any person
interested. It shall be the duty of the said joint water
commission to pay the salary or wages of the employees
of the said water works and for supplies, materials and
labor, the maintenance and operation of such works pur-
chased and contracted for by the Commissioners as here-
inbefore provided for upon presentation to said joint
water commission of a written order of the president of
the Commissioners and attested by the clerk and properly
endorsed by the holder. The salary of said joint water
commission for rendering such service shall be fixed by the
Commissioners of Delmar, Maryland, and by the Mayor
and Council of Delmar, a municipal corporation of the
State of Delaware.