Middletown transcript., 1893-02-25

erect poles anQssDtIing "heo
under or aIssg any oethe streets, lanes
or aIIsss of said Gown or any Of the
.psadsaaiacent II feto, and whenever
it slEall b necessary or expedient for
,M said LiaM and Water Commits
foners Il 4uire land for said dig light and and
Pwater pehts and such land can
be acquired by agreement with the
owner or owners thereof, and the said
Light and Water Commissioners the
same may be taken for the purpose
aforesaid in the name of the said town
of Middletown, in the same manner
and subject to the same conditions and
proceedings as are now provided by
law in the Act incorporating the said
town of Middletown (being Chapter 50,
Vol. XII, Sections ., and 8, Laws of
Delaware), for the condemning and
taking of lands for the purpose OF laying
out, opening, extending or widening
any street, road, square, lane or alley.
Section THE said Board Of Light
and Water Commissioners shall grant
TO all persons whomsoever the privilege
of using the light and water conveyed
and distributed by it in said town in
such manner and on such terms and
conditions as to it may seem just and
proper and shall pass and adopt such
rules and regulations touching the said
light and water, its distribution
through said town and the streets
thereof, the regulation Of the use
Of wate4 in case OF hres' ana
;be general management and control of
the light and water supply as to it, the
said Board of Light and Water Com
mission. shall at any time seem most
expedient, and collect all light and
water rents. All sums due by residents
for the use of light and water, shall be
lien upon the property when such
light and water is used and may be col
lected by law from said property.
Provided, That the introduction of
said light or water was done by the
order of the owner of said property.
The collector of light and water rent
shall have all the powers conferred Dy
law upon collector of school rates.
Section 8-The said Light and Water
commissioners be, and they are hereby
directed and required to apply all the
water rents and other revenues which
may be derived from the water works,
aid the revenue from the light pro-
vided for by the Act to paying the ex-
Ienses of property, keeping up and
operating said works as directed by
this Act, and shall pay over the sur
plus (if any remaius), TO the Commis-
sioners of the town Of Middletown Ill
February Of every year who are hereby
required TO apply the Same for the pay
ment of interest upon the water aud
light bonds, and to create fund for
the redemption of said bonds.
If at any time the revenues from said
light and water rents shall be insutfi-
cient for conducting and operating The
said light and water works, then the
said Board Of Light and Water Com
missioners shall have the authority,
and is hereby empowered to draft on
said Commissioners Of The town Of
Middletown to meet sucn deficiency,
and the said Commissioners of The town
shall honor the same out Of the special
fund hereinafter provided Tor.
ProUided, However, that for the
purpose of street illumination the Com
| missioners of The Town Of MiddletoWn
| shall pay % said Light and Walter
Commissioners SUN of money not ex-
ceeding seventeen 1O dollars per
annum for each and every aHd all
night" Street lamps Of "a candle
power aud the further sum annually Of
twenty five (25) dollars fcr The water
supply for each fire ping of the said
town, payable iu monthly installments
out of the general funds of The town.
Section 9-That to provided fund
of money to pay the semi'annual in
terest upon the bonds issued for the
light and water plants, and any de
fciency that may occur, and to create a
sinking fund for the redemption of said
bonds, it shall be lawful for the Com
missioners Of the town of Midaletown
and they or majority Of them shall in-
clude the amount necessary to pay said
interest deficiency and create a sinking
fund in their est innate and animal levy
of taxes laid upon the town, and such
an amount as shall so he levied and col
lected shall be SET apart for the purpose
of paying the interest Oh bonds and the
said deficiency (if any there be), and for
sinking fund for the redemption OF
bonds, and shall not be used for any
other purpose.
Provided. That such increase of the
tax levy shall not exceed the sum OF
nine hundred dollars in any one year.
Section 10-That if any person OF
persons shall designedly or maliciously
injure the said light and water works,
or obstruct the water to and from the
same or in any manner pollute the
water supply or shall designed or ma,
liciously injure the machinery, appa,
ratus, appliances, poles, wires or lamps
of the LIGHT plants they shall forfeit and
and pay to the Commissioners
of the town of MiddletowD, fine not
exceeding one hundred (100) dollars, tc
be recovered by said Commissioners OF
the town before the Alderman of the
town or any Justice of the Peace re-
siding in New Castle County, and tht
said Commissioners of the town OF
Middletown shall have the power t.
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