The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-06-03

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 10y private consumers of water,
and the right To fix and establish from
time to time a schedu'e of rates or
charges for water by private consumers
the rates to he uniform, and to be made
and collected for water used by private
consumers. Ii shall be the duty of the
treasurer OF the town OF ltyattSVlllc, and
he Is hereby author1l q and empowered,
to collect the said charges Tor water un-
der the direction OF the town commits
sloners OF Erattsvllle, and Ill accordance
with the rules to be by them established;
The Treasurer shall keep an ltemlzed
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 ldenu-
fled, in a separate, well-bound book to
be provided for the purpose by the town
commissioners OF Hyattsvllle; he shall
also render in writing quarterly to the
said commissioners, and III addition
thereto at such other times as they may
require of him, Il state .nent or report OF
all moneys due, payable anc 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 the order of the President of the
said commissioners and atteSted by the
clerk an properly endorsed. The
Fro thT
such compensation as the commissions
erS may direct, not exceeding ten per
centu OF the moneys actually received
by HIN.
SEC. I. AND be II Enacted, nat the
title to sad water works and sewers,
and all lands. estates, buildings, water
courses, W1icr ways, wells, COndultS,
pipes maChl1r'y, stand-plpe, reservoirs,
lire plig>, water meters If any, and all
other parts thereof whatever, and prop
erty and things belonging and pertain
ing thereto, shall, when acquired, com
pleted and established, belong and vest
in the town OF HyattSville, and any per
son who shall knowingly and Wl.tLlly
pollute any spring, stream. brook water
course, we'll, stand pipe, conduit, pipe,
or reservoir III connection with the sad
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 il or near the sources of sup
ply or tn Stand-Plpe or reservoir or
condultS 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 and sew
ers with intent to interfere or obstruCt
the operation of the same, shall, upon
conviction of such otitnsc, be liable to a
fine of not less than five nor more than
fifty dollars for each o!ftnse, to be re-
covered by the commissioners OF Hv-
attSville before a Justice of the peace, as
other fines are recoverable. one-haIf of
suCe fine to go to the lntormer, and the
balance to the town of Evansville, for
tn pur pose of this Act
SEC. s. And be it enacted, That the
town commissioners OF 1yattSvlle shall,
from the revenues arising from the said
water works and from the general reve-
nues of the town, pay all expenses for
the maintenance of the said water works
and sewers, and shall, from time to time,
deposit in the banking institution to be
designated as hereinbefore provided for,
such funds as are necessary for the pay
ment of the interest on the bonds herein
before provided for as the same shall be-
come due and payable. 1t shall be the
duty of the town commissioners of Hy-
attsville and they are hereby authorized,
empowered and directed, to set aside
from the revenues of the said town, how
ever derived, the sum OF $3.50 each year,
beginning two years alter the date OF the
said bonds, for and as sinking fund for
IL i L.. a.
maturity, and to invest the same in the
name of the town of Hyattsville, from
time to time, on such security and at
such rate per centum of lnterst, or in the
purchase and redemption of any Of the
said bonds, as to them may seem best.
And the town commissioners of HyattS-
vile shall, to enable them to meet the
expenses OF maintaining the said water
works and sewers and to pay the inter
est on the said bonds and provide the
said sinking fund, in addition to the us
ual current expenses OF the said town o.
Hyattsvi!le. levy yearly the full tax. of
forty cents on the one hundred dollars of
the property as assessed for the year and
as now authorized by law to be done,
until such year as the said commission
ers shall determine that less rate of
taxation will be sufficient for the pur-
poses aforesaid. Upon the purchase o!
any of the bonds by til. town commits
sonerS, as herelnbefore provided the
bonds shall be Immediately cancelled by
the clerk to the said commissioners, by
stamping in ink III large letters across
their faces, "CanCelled by the sinking
fund" and entering in INK in the book
kept for the record of said bonds, as
hercinbefore provided. op )oslte the num-
Der or numbers of said bonds so purchas-
ed, the date of the purchase, amount
paid for the bond or b IN Is purchased,
and the date and the fact of It's or their
cancellation. No portion of said sinking
fund so levied or provided for shall ever
be diverted to Il ~ other pur,os, than to
the purchase and Ilui latiol of said
bonds and should the town commits
soners of EVANSVILLE, o. any other per
son having charge Of said sinking fund.
cause, or suffer, or permit the same or
any portion ther :of to be diverted from
or applied to any other y lrpo,e than the
Investment for the purchase and rcI,.mD-