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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 125

and upon evidence to be adduced therein as it was or might
have been competent to said [Justice of the Peace] DISTRICT
COURT to have proceeded therewith.

20-12.

For the purpose of preserving the sanitary condition of
the city, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore is hereby
authorized to borrow money temporarily up to such an amount
as may be necessary not exceeding the amount of the
obligations or indebtedness of property owners to it, under
the provisions of Ordinance No. 58, approved December 28,
1911, for the purpose of providing the City Engineer with
the necessary funds to make the sewer connections and do the
other work which he is authorized and directed to do by said
ordinance, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore is hereby
authorized for the purpose of borrowing such money to give
its note to be signed on behalf of the city by the Mayor,
the Comptroller and the City Engineer, and to pledge as
collateral the obligations or indebtedness of property
owners to the city under said Ordinance No. 58 to an amount
equal to the amount of the loan, and to renew such note in
whole or in part from time to time, not exceeding the time
of maturity of the collateral. The method of pledging such
indebtedness from the owners of property under said
Ordinance No. 58 as collateral for such loan shall be as
follows:

The [City Treasurer] DIRECTOR OF FINANCE shall give a
certificate over his hand that there is due to the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore a certain sum under said Ordinance
No. 58 from the following property owners, giving the number
of the property and the name of the owner, and the amount
due on each, and that said indebtedness is not pledged for
any other loan. Said certificate attached to and delivered
with the note of the city, as above provided, shall
constitute a pledge of the indebtedness of said parties to
the city as collateral security for the said note, or any
renewal thereof as above provided. The [City Treasurer]
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE shall collect said indebtedness, as
provided in said ordinance just as if the same were not
pledged, but shall pay over to the holder of any note given
under sections 638 and 639, all collections of any of the
indebtedness pledged as collateral therefor, and such holder
shall credit all such payments on such note.

25-6.

The said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, shall at
all times during the progress of said work, and all parts
thereof, at its own expense, maintain an efficient police
service for the purpose of preserving the public peace,
protecting property and preventing crime within the
territory occupied or used by it or its employees in the
prosecution of said work, or by the employees of contractors
or sub-contractors engaged on such work; the officers so
employed by said city, to have the power to make arrests of