The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-06-17

| SAID bonds shall be forever exempt from
county and municipal taxation; and
shall have printed on them distinct
reference to the Act of Assembly author
| lzn% the Issue thereof. The said bonds
| shall be CouSeCuliveiv numbered, be
signed by the President of the Improve.
ment Commission and countersisned by
| the Secretary OF the said commission,
and have the corporate seal of the town
OF Hyattsvlile affixed thereto; and the
President as such, of the town commits
sioncrs OF EVANSVILLE, is hereby author
lied, empowered and directed TO affix
the corporate seal to the said bonds to
be issued as aforesaid. 1t shall be the
| duty of the clerk 10 the town commits
sioners OF Hyattsviile to enter a record
OF the said bonds in a separate book, to
be especially provided for the purpose
and retained in th- custody of the said
town commissioners.
Sec. 5. 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-
attSVllle, and to contract for and pur-
chase in fee simple in the corporate
name OF the said town, or lease in the
name of the said town for a term ofyears
renewable at the pleasure of the commits
sioners of said towr, any land, real es-
tate, spring brook AMI water course,
which said Improvement Commissi IN
may deem eXpedient and necessary
for the purpose of constructing, eS-
tabllshing 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-
adjustment OF the said water works and
sewers, and the introduction thereby Of
water into said town and disposal Of
sewerage. If the said commission shall
be unable to purchase or lease, as the
case may be, from any owner of real or
leasehoid estate, spri lg, brook, water or
water course. or anything which par
takes OF or Is part OF rel ty, or for any
right OF way which the commission find
necessary or eXpedient, for the con-
struCtlon, establishment and maint.-
| 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 I67, of said Article p.
SEC. E. And be 1t 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 HyattsvilIe from fire; and the
town commissioners of HyattsvIlle are
hereby authorized, empowered and re-
quired, to do all acts necessary and
proper to maintain the said water works
and sewers provided for in 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 estab
llSh 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, 10 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
and install a water meter for private
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,
fts,r hi fn nd Itch
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 un
der the direction Of the town commits
sioners of EVANSVILLE, and in accordance
with the rules to be by them established.
The Treasurer shall keep an itemized
account of all water charges, and fines,
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
fed, in separate, wellbound book to
be provided for the purpose by the town
commissioners of Hyattsville he shall
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 snail pay for sup
plies, material, labor, etc, for said wa
ter works and sewers employed and
purchased, respectively, by the town
comniSSip 'c~S as hereinbetore provided
for on Tbs order of the President of the
said commissioners and attested by the
clerk and properly endorsed. The
Treasurer shall receive for his services
such compensation as the commission
ers may direct, not exceeding ten per
centum of the moneys actually received
by hin,
SEC. :. And be it Enacted, That the
title to said water W .rks and sewers.
and all lands. estates, buildings. water
courses, water ways, wells, conduitS.
pipes machinery, stand-pipe, reservoirs,
fire plugs, water meters II any, and all
other parts thereof whatever, an prop
erty and things belonging and pertain
ing thereto, shall when cqlired, com
pleted and established, belong aud vest
in the town of Hyattsville, and any per
son who shall knowingly and wiIfully
pollute any spring, stream, brook, water
course, well, stand pipe, conduit, pipe,
or reservoir in connection with the said
water works, SO completed, established
and maintained, by throwing any I'M
pure or deleterious 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 thin. in SAID water works and sew
ers with intent ia interfere or obstruct
the opcrat ion of the same, sh1ll, upon
conviction of such otfcnse, be liable to
fine of not less than five nor more than
fifty dollars for each otfense, to be re-
covered by the commissioners OF Hy-
altsvile before a justice of the peace, as
other fines are recoverable. one half of
suce fine to go to the informer, and the