Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-05-19
CHAPTER us.
An A(.'

An Act
To provide fol the Construction of IA New
Reservoir or the Re-bu lding Of the Old
Reservoir belonging to the Water Works
of the town of trostburg in AIlegany
county, and to authorize the Mayor and
Councilmen of said town to issue bonds to
pay the costs thereof.
election BE il e,,acted Jy tie Gcnc,M
- 1SSen6ly Of Naryland, That for the pur-
pose of furnishing the inhabitants of the
Town of FrOstburg, III Allegany county,
with better supply of good water, the Mayor
and COunCllmen of SAID town are hereby
authorized and empowered to issue Coupon
Bonds of sad town to an amount not exceed
ing Ten Thousand Dollars, which said Bonds
shall be signed by the Mayor and Clerk of
said Town, and attested with the Corporate
Seal thereof, and shall be denominated Frost
burg Water Bonds, second isSue," and bear
interest not exceeding i per centrum per dHHuHt
payable semtannualy, to be issued in de-
nominations MT exceeding Five Hundred
Dollars and to be payable az time not eX-
ceed;ng thirty years after their date, and re-
deemable at the pleasure of the Corporation
at any time at er five years fro II their date.
SECTION BE citacted That the said
Mayor and CounCllmen Of FroStburg are
hereby authorized and empowered after they
shall have prepared and ned said bonds
to sell and dispose of the said bonds at not
less than the par value thereof to raise money
to carry into effect the provisions OF this Act
as hereinafter provided for, and all bonds re
naming unSOld in their hands snail be can
celed by the said Mayor and Counclmen of
FroStburg.
SECTION 3-Bc il enacted. That the said
Mayor and COunCllmen are hereby author
lied and empowered to build and erect a New
Reservoir or to repair and rebuild the old one
40 bpV think host and If thav SbpnIJ
deem it best to build New Reservoir they
are hereby authorized and empowered to buy
or lease land necessary for said reservoir or
condemn ii according to an Act Ofthe General
Assembly of eighteen hundred and ninety
chapter one hundred and thirty.
SECTION tie Henacted, That ifany money
be left over from the sale of said bonds after
the sand new reservoir is built or the old one
is repaired and rebuilt as aforesaid, then it
may be spent by the Mayor and Councilmen
i'll obtaining a greater supply of water.
SECTION 5-Be IL endcted, That it shall be Tn e
duty of the Mayor and Councilman of Frost
burg at the next regular election for Mayor and
CounCllmen succeeding the passage OF this
Act, to submit to the qualified voters of said
town the question rs To whether or not the
said reservoir shall he built or repaired as
aforesaid under this Act, and at such election
the ballots cast upon said question shall have
the words, For Reservoir or Against
RESERVOIR, as the voters snail desire, ana II a
majority of the votes cast upon said question
shall be For Reservoir then the Mayor
and Councimen Of sand town shall proceed
without delay to execute the powers vested
in them by the provisions Of this Act, but if
a majority of the votes cast upon tins said
question shall be Against Reservoir then
the said Mayor and Councilman shall not
execute any of the powers vested IN them by
this Act, and it shall be the duty of the said
Mayor and Councilman to give the usual
notice of the time and place of the said cleo
| ton and the ballots provided for in this Act
| shall be deposited in Il separate box specially
| provided for the same and at least ten days
| before said election is held they shall cause
| this Act to be published in some newspaper
| in said town.
SECTION 6-Bc ii cmactcI, That if this Act
| shall not become Il law until it is too late to
| give the notice provided for in the preceding
section, it shall be the duty of the Mayor
| and Councilmen of FroStburg to call special
| election On or before the first Monday in
| June, nineteen hundred AT which the ques-
ton as to whether or not the said reservoir
| shall be built or repaired, as aforesaid
| shall be submitted to the qualified voters of
said town as hereinbeIore provided for.
| SECTION - he il a"tctci, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage,
! May l9-3t