The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-06-10

shall have printed on them distinct
reference to the Act of Assembly author
| ling the issue thereof. The SAID bonds
shall be cunSccutlvely numbered. be
| signed by the President of the Improve
| ment Commission and CounterSl@ned by
the Secretary of the said commission,
and have the corporate seal OF the town
| Of Evansville affixed thereto; and the
President as such. of the town commits
| sioncrS of EVANSVILLE, is hereby author
lied, empowered and directed TO attiN
| the corporate seal to the said bonds to
| be. issued as aforesaid. 1t shall be the
| duty of the clerk 10 the town commits
| sioncrS OF Evansville to enter record
| of the said bonds in separate book, to
be especially provided for the purpose
| and retained in tn Custody of the said
! town commissioners.
Sec. 3 And be it enacted, That the
| SAID Improvement Commission be and is
hereby authorized, empowered and di-
| reCted, to construct and establish water
| works and sewers for the town of Hy-
attsville, and to contract for and pur
chase in fee simple i'll the corporate
name OF the said town, or lease in the
name OF the said town for a term of years
renewable at the pleasure of the comaiS-
sioners of said town, any land, real es-
tate, spring brook AMI water course,
I which said Improvement Commission
| NAV deem eNDedient and necessary
| for the purpose of constructing, es-
tabliShing and maintaining the water
works and sewers provided for in this
| Act and the said commission is hereby
vested with all the rights and powers
necessary for the construction and eS-
| Establishment of the said water works and
sewers, and the introduction thereby of
water into said town and dis .:osal of
| If The. S1i1 chal1
be unable to purchase or lease, as the
case may be, from any owner OF real or
| ieasehold estate, spring, brook, water or
water course, or anything which par
takes of Or is part of realty, or for any
right of way which the commission find
necessary or expedient, for the con-
struction, establishment and mainte
nance, of said water works and sewers,
or any part or portion thereof, and for
the laying of conduits for conveying the
water to and through said town and the
| disposal OF sewerage, the SAID Improve
ment Commission is hereby clothed with
the power of condemnation under the
right of eminent domain, as provided in
| Section I67, OF Article IS, of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, as
fully as if said section had been herein
| Incorporated; the manner OF the pro-
ceedure of the said Improvement Com
| mission in condemnation shall in all
particulars be the same as is provided
by said Section Io7, of said Article 3.
SEC. 6. And be it Enacted, That said
Improvement Commission is hereby
authorized. empowered and directed to
do all acts necessary and proper to exc
cute the provisions of this Act relating
to the construction and establishment of
water works and sewers, and to provide
fire plugs or hydrantS to protect prop
erty in HyattSvile from fire; and the
town commissioners of HyattsvIlle are
hereby authorized, empowered and re-
quired, to do all acts necessary and
proper to maintain tie said water works
and sewers provided tor i'll this act; to
purchase supplies and material for the
maintenance of said water works and
sewers, to make repairs and renewals,
and to make extensions of the same
upon such conditions as they shall deem
best, to employ superintendent or such
other employees as they may deem ne
CeSSary to operate the same, to eSIab-
liSh rules for the service OF water to the
residents of EVANSVILLE, to have charge
of and control the use of the fire plugs
or hydrantS, TO have the right to lay the
service pipe, to determine the size Of
said pipe, and the time and manner of
laying such pipe, the right TO require
| illll lIlStstll al NulSl lllClCl lOi pllNdlC
consumers, and the right to control the
management OF the same, and the right
to inspect, at all times, the service and
distribution pipes, the water meter, and
all other fixtures for water and sewerage
installed by private consumers of water
and the rig ht to fix and establish from
time to time a schedule of rates or
charges for water by private consumers,
the rates to be uniform, and to be made
and collected for water used by private
consumers. 1t shall be the duty of the
Treasurer of the town of Evansville, and
he is hereby authorizc ID and empowered,
to collect the said charges for water I'M
der the direction of the town commits
sioners of Hyattsvile. and in accordance
with the rules to be by them established
The Treasurer shall keep an itemiZed
account of all water charges, and tlneS,
etc, on account thereof, due paid and
payable, together with the names of the
private consumers and mention OF the
property served with water, fully identi-
fled, in separate, well-bound book to
be provided for the purpose by the town
commissioners OF EVANSVILLE; he shall
also render in writing quarterly to the
said commissioners, and in addition
thereto at such other times as they may
require of him. statement or report OF
all moneys due, payable and received by
him on account of water charges, and
shall pay the wages of employees OF
said water works, and shall pay tor sup
plies, material, labor, etc, for said wa
ter works and sewers employed and
purchased, respectively, by the town
commissioners as hereinbetore provided
for on thu order of the President of the
said .o..i. nlssoners and attested by the
clerk and properly endorsed. The
Sl,o11 his
such compensation as the commission
ers may direct, not exceeding ten per
centum of the moneys actually received
by him.
SEC 7. And be it Enacted, That the
title to said water works and sewers,
and all lands, estates, buildings, water
courses, water ways, wells, conduits.
pipes machinery, stand-pipe, reservoirs,
fire plugs, water meters if any, and all
other parts thereof whatever, ana prop
erty and things belonging and pertain
my thereto, shall, when acquired, com
pleted and established, belong and vest
in the town of Evansville, and any per
son who shall knowingly and wi tally
pollute any spring, stream, brook water
course. well, stand pipe. conduit, pipe,
or reservoir III connection with the said
water works, SO completed, established
and maintained, by throwing any I'M
pure or deleterlous substance or thing
INTO the same, or by swimming, bathing
or washing themselves, or by washing
clothes or any other unclean or impure
thing therein, or by committing any
nuisance in or near the sources of sup
ply or the stand-ripe or reservoir or
ConduitS or mains of said water works so
as to pollute the same, or shall throw or
place or cause to be thrown or PLACED
any thing in SAID water works ana sew
crS with intent to Interfere or Qbstruct
the operation of the same, Sh1ll, upon
conviction of such otfcnse, be liable to 4
fine of not less than five nor more than
fifty dollars for each otfense, to be re-
covered by the commissioners OF lly-
attSviIlc before Justice of the peace, as
other fines are recoverable, one-halt at
suce fine to so to tho informer, and the
balance to the town of Hyaltsville, for
the purpose OF this Act.