Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-04-23
Public Local Laws.
AMENDED WATER BOND ACT.
CHAPTER 124.
Public Local Laws.
AN ACT

AN ACT
Supplemental to an Act passed at the January
session, eighteen hundred and ninety, ofthe
General Assembly of maryland, Chapter 100,
entitled: "An Act to Provide for the Pur-
chase or Construction of Water Works for
the Town Of Frostburg IN Allegany county,
and to authorize the Mayor and Council
men of said town to issue bonds to pay the
cost thereof" empowering the Mayor and
Councilmen of said town to issue additional
bonds to complete said Water Works, and to
amend said Act by abolshing the Frost
burg Water Board provided for therein.
WHEREAS BY Chapter 100 of the Acts of
Assembly of the year eighteen hundred and
ninety the Mayor and Councilmen of Frost
burg were authorized to issue the bonds of
said town to an amount not exceeding
SI0,C0O00, and with the proceeds thereof to
provide said town with water by the purchase
or construction of Water Works and
WHEREAS The Frostburg Water Board,
created by that Act, has constructed said
Works, which are now in operation, but have
exhausted the fund provided by the sale of
said bonds in the construction of the same {;
and
WHEREAS, 1t is estimated that it will still
require large sum to properly complete and
equip said Works SO as to afford all the inhab-
itants of said town with an adequate and
constant supply Of water; and
WHEREAS, The work of said Water Board
in constructing and equipping said Water
Works will be finished in one more year, and
thereafter the services of said Water Board can
be dispensed with and the said Water Works,
it is believed, can be efficiently managed by
the Mayor and Councilmen of said town, as
herein provided; therefore
election |, Be it enocted By tie Ceneral
~ assembly IF WUyld'ed, That the Mayor
and City Councilmen of FroStburg, in Allega-
ny county, are hereby authorized and em-
powered to issue additional coupon bonds of
said town to an amount not exceeding
Sl5000.00, which said bonds shall be signed
by the Mayor and Clerk of said town, and
sealed with its corporate seal, and shall be
denominated "Frostburg Water Bonds of
1892, y and bear interest not exceeding & per
cent. per dn2tu1t payable semi-annually, to be
issued III denominations not exceeding $500 90
and to be payable not exceeding thirty wears
from date, and redeemable at the pleasure of
their date, and said town shall have the like
powers to levy tax to pay said interest and
provide a sinking fund for the redemption of
said bonds as are given by said Act of 1890 in
relation to the interest and principal of the
bonds named therein.
SEC. 2, And be il el,dcte6 That the MaVor
and Councilmen Of Frostburg, at the next
regular election of officers of said town after
the passage Of this Act, shall submit to the
qualified voters Of said town the question
whether or not said bonds shall be issued as
hereinbefore directed, and at said election all
voters desiring to vote on said question shall
cast a ballot upon which, in addition to the
names of the candidates voted for shall be
written or printed the words. For the Issue
of Bonds or Against the Issue of Bonds, " as
the voter shall desire, and if a majority of
votes cast at said election on this question
shall be in favor Of such issue of bonds, the
Mayor and Councilman shall have power to
issue said bonds, (nOt exceeding $4,000 co.
or any part thereof, and to sell or otherwise
dispose of the same, or any part thereof. for
the purpose of completing the construction
and equipment of said Water Works or to
pay any debt said town may have then
already incurred in and about the same, or
to purchase any franchises or other water
works; but if Il ma jOrity of the votes cast and
said question shall be against the issue of said
bonds, then such bonds shall not be issued;
and in giving the usual notice of time, place
anu OolecI VI aitlu eieCiloii, IL S1all ne lne
duty of said Mayor and Councilmen to give
notice of the submission of said question to
the voters, and they shall cause Sections one
and two Of this Act to be published in some
newspaper printed in said town at least ten
DAYS before said election.
SEC. 3, and be ii e"octcd, That on and after
the first Monday in May, 1892, the said
"Frostburg Water Board" provided for IN
said Act of Assembly of 1890, hereby amend
ed, shall be abolished and cease to act, and at
the annual election on the first Monday in
April, 1892, no persons shall be elected to
serve us members Of said Board as provided
IN said Act but after the first Monday in May,
1892, all said Water Works, its reservoirs,
pipe lines, hydrants, connections, and all
property and business pertaining to said
Water Works, and the running, using and
operating the same, shall be controlled, cared
for and managed by the Mayor and Council
men of Frostburg as hereinafter provided
SEC t. and be- il e1acted, That on and after
the first Monday in May, 1892, the Mayor of
said town, shall, in addition to the usual
standing committees of said town Council APP
point two members of said Council who,
together with himself as Chairman, shall
constitute one of the regular Standing Com
mittees of said town Council, to be known as
the "Committee on Water Works." and it
shall be the duty of said committee to estab,
lish water rates and charges and to exercise
constant supervision over all said Water
Works and all the property and business
connected Herewith, and the running and
operating the same and over the Superin-
tendent thereof, and all other servants, agents
and employees of said town who may be
APPOINTED, hired or employed in and about
the same, as hereinafter directed, and shall at
each meeting of said Council make due re-
port to the same of their conduct in relation
to all said business, and shall make all such