Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1896-04-17
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS.
CHAPTER l79,

to issue bonds for the pay ent OF the same,
and TO levy taxes on the assessable property
of said town to redeem said bonds and pay
the interest thereon.
Section |. Be It enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland, That for the purpose OF
establishing, constructing and maintaining
water works capable Of furnishing the resi-
dents of Rockville with good and sufficient
supply Of water, the Mayor and Council OF
Rockville be and they are hereby authorized
and directed to borrow money on the credit
of said town TO an amount not exceeding the
sum of twenty thousand dollars, and to issue
registered bonds Of said town in payment of
said sum so to be borrowed. The said bonds
shall be for sums not less than one hundred
dollars nor more than one thousand dollars
each, to be signed by the Mayor and counter
signed by the clerk to the council, with the
corporate seal of said town thereto affixed,
and to be registered by said clerk in separ-
ate book to be especially provided for that
purpose. The said bonds shall be issued al
such time as the said Mayor and Council shall
determine; provided, that the date of the is-
sue thereof shall not be later than the first
day of July, in the year eighteen hundred
and ninety-eight; they shall bear interest at
the rate of four percentum per annum, said
interest to be paid semi-annually, beginning
in six months from the date of their issue,
shall be payable as to the principal thereof
in twenty years from the date Of their issue,
shall be forever exempt from all taxation for
any purpose, aud shall have printed on them
distinct reference to the Act of Assembly
authorizing the issue thereof.
Section 2. And be 1t enacted, That the
Mayor and and Council of Rockville be and
they are hereby constituted The Water Board
for Rockville, and as such water board they
are authorized and empowered to construct
and erect water works for the said town, and
to contract for, purchase in fee simple or lease
for term of years, renewable at their pleas
ure, any land, real estate, spring, brook and
water course, and 10 use and occupy forever
or for term of years any land, real estate,
spring, brook or wafer course which they
may deem expedient and necessary for the
purpose of furnishing said town with water,
and they are hereby vested with all the right
and powers necessary for the introduction OF
water into said town, If from any cause the
said Water Board of Rockville shall be I'M
able to agree with any owner of any real or
leasehold estate, spring, brook water or water
coOrse or any other material which partakes
Of or is part of realty or any right Of way
which they find necessary for the conduit Of
said water in its entry into the said town, or
if such owner is under any disability or in-
capacity to contract or absent or unknown,
the said Water Board of Rockville is hereby
clothed with the power Of condemnation un-
der the right OF eminent domain, as provided
in section 1877 of Article 80 of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland as fully as
if said section had been herein incorporated,
and their aanner and procedure on condem-
nation for the purposes of this act shall in
all particulars be the same as is provided by
said section 100 of said Article %.
Section 3. Aud be IL enacted, That said
Water Board is hereby authorized and en-
powered to do all acts necessary and proper
to the carrying out the provisions of this Act,
and said board shall have full control over
the said water works, with authority to en-
ply such superintendent, workmen or other
employees as may be necessary or proper TO
carry on the same, and to purchase all sup
plies and materials needed in constructing or
the same, and also TO provide
rules and regulations for supplying the said
town with water, and to fix and establish
from time to time a schedule of rates and
charges to be made and collected fol- the use
of water by private consumers, and the bailif
shall, as in case of other taxes, collect said
charges, (Which are hereby made lien on the
real estate upon which said water is furnish
ed, and pay over the same 10 the Mayor and
Council, who may allow him therefor such
additional compensation as they may deem
reasonable, and all moneys derived from wa
ter rents shall be used, first for the pay ment
of the current expenses of said water works,
secondly for the payment of the interest,
when due, on the bonds authorized by this
Act TO be issued, and thirdly as to any bal
ance to provide sinking fund for the pay
ment of said bonds al their maturity, and
the sail Water Board is hereby authorized
and directed to make suitable provision for
the protection of the property in said towu
from fire by providing suitable number of
fre-plugs or public hydrants properly adapt
ed TO that purpose and conveniently situated
for use.
Section 4. And be II enacted, That the title
10 said water works, and all lands, estates,
water courses, waterways, conduit pipes, ma
,hinerv, and all otheV parts thereof whatso
ever, and all property belonging and pertain
ing thereto shall when completed or acquired
vest in the Mayor and Council Of Rockville.
any person who shall knowingly or
wilfully polute any spring, stream, brook,
course or reservoir in connection with
The said water works so built or erected, by
throwing any impure or deletericus substance
lF thing into the same or by swimming,
1athia or washing themselves or by washing
slotha or any other nnclean or impure thing
there q, or by committing any nuisance 10 or
30 nssg, the sources Of supply Or the reser-
yoif or satif watcf ,fdfss- 80 2a 10 poliute
the zane, shall on conviction Of suoh o0eheehe
liai to a foe Of not leg1 than Eve nor more
thg Fifty dollars for each offence, 10 he re.
covered by the mayor and Council OF Rock
Vile before n Justice Of the Peace as other
fines are recoverable, one-half such fine TO
go to the informer and the balance to the
Mayor and Council of Rockville for the pur-
poses of this Act
Section 3. And be il enacted, That for the
purpose of r6deeming said bonds al their ma
Luri.y and for securing the prompt payment
Of the interest thereon, the Mayor and Coun-
ell of Rockville shall for the year of the issue
Of said bonds and annually thereafter until
the maturity Of said bonds levy a tax on the
assessable property Of said town sufficient TO
pay the interest thereon, and in addition
thereto the sum Of six hundred and fifty dol
ars of the principal of said debt for The pay
neni of the same at maturity. The said sum
Of six hundred and fifty dollars shall be held
aud invested by the Mayor and Council OF
Rockville as a sinking fund for the redemp-
lion of said bonds at their maturity, and the
Jaid Mayor and Council shall from time TO
lime deposit the money belonging TO said
sinking fund and the increment thereof Ia
some safe depository which pays interest on
deposit, or shall invest the same in State,
VI VI III buSH otuet
Iafe investment as to them may seem best, or
n the purchase and redemption Of any OF
aid bonds as may be offered for sale and re-
iemption. And upon the purchase of any
iuch bonds by the said Mayor and Council |
hey shal be Immediately Cancelled by stamp |
ng across their face "Canceled by the Sink
ing Fund.- and no portion Of said sinking |
und SO levied for shall ever be diverted to |
any other purpose than TO the purchase and
liquidation OF said bonds. Aud should the
aid Mayor and Council or any other person |
having charge Of said sinking fund suffer or |
permit the same or any part thereof to be
Inverted from or applied TO any other pur-
pose than the investment for the purchase and |
of said bonds, the party 80 Of
ending shall be deemed guilty OF a INSIDE |
neanor, and on conviction thereof shall be
ubject to fine of not less than the amount |
% misapplied or diverted. The money col |
ected each year by the bailif on account Of
axes to the extent OF said sum OF six hun |
lred and fifty dollars shall be set apart for
aid sinking fund and separate account |