The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-10
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.

known as the Sewerage Commission OF
Baltimore City. Said Commission to
serve without pay, unless otherwise de-
termined by the Mayor and City Coun-
Gil Of Baltimore. That the Mavor shall
be ex-ofhcio a member and the president
Of the said Commission, and the said
Commission shall elect one of its num-
Der Secretary of said Commission. The
said Commission shall forthwith adopt
and construct such a sewerage system
for Baltimore City and the inhabitants
thereof, as said Commission NAV deem
best adapted and suited to said sewerage
service. The said Commission shall
have all the power which may be neces-
sary TO execute said work. The said
Commission are hereby empowered to
exercise the power eminent domain, in
order to condemn any land or interest in
or building in the construction or main
tenance Of said sewerage system in the
mode provided for by the general laws Of
this State, relative to condemnation Of
lands. The said Commission shall ap-
point and remove at pleasure the entire
force Of employees employed by it, but
not the employees Of any contractor
which may be required to construct and
maintain said sewerage system and all
work done in the construction and main
tenanCe OF said sewerage system shall be
day laborers who shall be registered vo-
tiers Of said City or Of the Counties Of this
State, whether employed directly
by said Sewerage Commission, or
by any contractor under it, except such
labor as requires technical knowledge
and skill, which may be employed with
out these requisites. Said Commission
shall have the power to pass such rules
and regulations as may be necessary for
the construction and maintenance of said
work. and said Commission shall from
time to time, and as rapidly as said sew
erage system may be available require
existing buildings, ard those hereinafter
constructed, TO be connected with said
sewerage system. The said Commission
shall award all contracts to the lowestre.
sponsible bidders, which NAV be made
in the construction and maintenance Of
said sewerage system. The Mayor and
City Council Of Baltimore shall furnish
said Commission with necessary rooms
and furniture
Vacancies in said Commission shall be
tilled by said Commission except where
a vacancy occurs by death. resignation
or removal Of one or both of those APP
pointed by the Mayor, subject to the
confirmation Of the Second Branch Of
the City Council as hereinbefore pro-
vided, in which event such vacancies are
to be filled in the same manner as the
original appointees were made, and the
members Of said Commission shall be
municipal officers, and subject to removal
by the Mayor, as provided in the Act of
1898, Chapter I23. Said Commission.
shall not, under any circumstances, per
nit the crude sewerage from the city Of
Baltimore to empty into the Chesapeake
Bay or lis tributaries, nor shall any Of
OF the atfiuent orresultants Of said sewer
age be permittedto enter into said Bay or
its tributaries, until the same has been SUI
JeCted to analysis by three expert chem
lists of well-recognized repute, to be
chosen by the State Board Of Public
Works, and said attluent or resultant BY
said chemists pronounce to be free from
all impurities which could be injurious to
the oyster or FISH industries of this State.
! he said State Board Of Public Works
shall publish the findings Of said chemists
/ Immediately after the same have been
/ submitted to it, by three insertions in all
of the daily papers published in Balti-
/ more City, over the signatures Of said
| chemists, attested by their aftidavits.
/ Subsequent examinations shall, from
time to time, be made when in the Judge
ment of said State Board Of public Works
! the same shall be deemed necessary. or
when petitioned for by twenty citizens,
who are registered voters of said State,
and are personally interested in the ovs-
ter industry of the State and when any
subsequent examination is made, it shall
be IN all respect the same as that here
inbetore provided for, and if, as the re-
suit of said subsequent examination or
examinations, any impurities detrimen-
tai to the oyster or fish industries of this
State shall be found to exist in said
att1uent or said sewerage, or its resultants,
the said State Board of Public Works is
authorized to prevent any further low
OF said attiuent or resultant of said sewer
into the waters Of said Bay or its tribu-
taries, until the said State Board OF Pub
lie Works shall be satisfied as the result
OF re-eXamination, that said aftluent or
resultant is free from impurities detrimen-
tai, as Aforesaid, to the oyster or fish in
dustries of this State. The privilege Of
filing said petition as hereinbefore pro-
vided shall not be more frequently than
once in every three months. Said exam
ton and publication shall be at the ex-