FUNKSTOWN

4699

Water Distributing system; secondly, to payment of
interest on bonds, and, thirdly, as to any balance to
provide a sinking fund for the payment of said bonds, and
when any bond is paid off it shall immediately be burned
and the fact noted in the registration book hereinbefore
required and said Water Board is hereby directed to
provide and locate convenient hydrants and fire plugs for
the protection of property from fire.

(c) The rates or charges for the use of water as
determined by the MAYOR AND COUNCIL [Burgess and
Commissioners] of Funkstown are hereby declared to be and
made liens upon the property served by said water, and
the said rates or charges shall be collected as other
municipal taxes are collected.

257. SAME; WATER BOARD; POWERS.

If the result of any of said elections shall be in
favor of the bond issue, then the MAYOR [Burgess] of
Funkstown, as soon after Sections 256, 257 and 258 become
effective, as it is possible so to do, by and with the
advice and consent of the COUNCILMEN [Commissioners] of
said town, shall immediately appoint from the residents
who are bona fide property owners and taxpayers of said
town, four persons of proper personal qualifications,
who, together with the MAYOR [Burgess], shall constitute
and be a Mater Board, and shall have charge of the
construction and management and maintenance of said water
distribution system. They shall appoint from their own
number, a treasurer, who shall give bond to be approved
both as to amount and sureties by said Water Board for
the faithful performance of his duties as such Treasurer.
The said Treasurer shall receive the proceeds of sale of
said bonds or any other money which may be received on
account of said water distribution system, shall deposit
the same in a bank to be designated by said Water Board,
in the name of the "Water Board of Funkstown", and shall
disburse the same on orders of said Water Board by check
to be signed by himself and by the MAYOR [Burgess] of
said town. The said Water Board is hereby vested with all
the rights and powers necessary for the introduction of
water in said town, including the authority to contract
with any water company, persons or corporations, to
furnish water sufficient to supply the needs of said
town. If from any cause said Water Board shall be unable
to agree with any owner of real or leasehold estate, for
any right of way which they may find necessary for
conduits for said water to enter in and distribute
through said town, or if such owner is under any
disability or incapacity to contract, or absent or
unknown, the said Water Board is hereby clothed with
power of condemnation under the right of eminent domain,
as now provided by the Code of Public General Laws of