Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-05-03

time, and as rapidly as said sewerage
system may be available, require eX-
listing buildings, and those hCreinaf-
ter constructed, to be connected with
said sewerage system.
The said commission shall award all
contracts to the lowest responsible
bidders, which may be made in the
construction and maintenance of said
sewerage system.
The Mayor and City Council of Bal
timorc shall furnish said commission
with necessary rooms and furniture.
Vacancies in said commission shall
be filled by said commission except
where vacancy occurs by death. res
ignation or removal of one or both of
those appointed by the MAYOR, subject
to the confirmation of the Second
Branch of the City Council, as herein
before provided. in which event such
vacancies are TO be filed 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.
rs provided in the Act of 1898, Chapter
1913.
Said commission shall not. under
any circumstances, permit the crude
sewerage from the city of Baltimore
to empty into the Chesapeake hay or
its tributaries. nor shall any of the af-
Huent or resuItants of said sewerage
he permitted to empty into said bay
or its tributaries. until the same has
been subjected to analysis by three
expert chemists of well recognized re-
pute, to be chosen by the State Board
of Public Works, and said affluent or
L. IL
ed to be free from all Impurities,
which could be injurious to the oys-
ter or fish industries of this State.
The said State Board of Public Works
shall publish the findings of said chem
lists Immediately after the same have
been submitted toitby three insertions
in all Of the daily papers published in
Baltimore city, over the signatures of
said chemists. attested by their aft
davta. Subsequent examinations
shall, from time to time. he made;
when in the Judgment of said State
Board of Public Works the same shall
be deemed necessary. or when petit
toned for by 90 citizens who are reg
istered voters of said State and are
personally interested in the oyster in
dustry of the State. and when any
subsequent examination is made. it
shall be in all respects the same as
in that hercinbefore provided for and
it, as a result CT said subsequent OK
animation or examinations. any impur-
tiles detrimental to the oyster or fish
industries of this State shall be found
TO exist i'm said affluent of said sew
erage, or it's resultants, the said State
Board OF Public Works is authorized
to prevent any further flow of said af-
fluent or resultant of said sewerage
into the waters of said bay or its trib-
utaTies. until the said State Board of
Public Works shall be satisfied as the
result of a denomination that said
Gfflucnt is free from impurities detri-
mental, rs aforesaid. to the oyster
or fish industries of this State.
The privilege of filing said petit
ton as hareinbefore provided shall
not be more frequently than once in
every three months. Said eXamina-
tion and publication shall be at the
expense of the city of Baltimore.
Section 2. Be it further enacted.
| That the cost of construction and
maintenance of said sewerage system.
including both principal and interest,
shall be raised and provided for by
general taxation. the necessary per
ccntum to be levied by the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore each and
every year, upon all property liable to
taxation in said city, and to be set
apart and known as the Sewerage
Fund for the purpose of meeting the
interest upon the bonds issued under
the provisions of this Act and Great
ing a Sinking Fund" for the redemp-
ton of said bonds at maturity.
Section 8. Be it further enacted.
That for the purpose of providing the
money required to pay at the time for
!, constructing and maintaining said
. sewerage system, which cost is after
wards to be assessed as hereinbefore
provided in Section 2, the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore be and it is
e hereby authorized to issue certificates
Of stock, of the Mayor and City Coun-
ell of Baltimore, for sum not exceed
ing twelve million $4,000, O0OD dol
lars; said stock to be issued from
. time to time, as the said Mayor and
Citr Council of Baltimore shall by or
dinance prescribe. The proceeds of
the sale of said stock to be used for
the purpose of providing the money
for the purpose aforesaid.
The said stock shall be issued in
such amounts, and PAYABLE at such
time and times, and shall bear such
rates of interest as the Mavor and
! City Council shall provide by ordi-
. nance hereinafter mentioned and all of
the money derived from general taxa
ton to be levied as hereinbefore pro-
vided shall be used and applied In such
i manner, and under such provisions as
shall be prescribed by the said ordi-
nance to the payment of the said certifi-
Gates of stock hereinafter mentioned
and the interest to accrue thereon;
but the said certificates of stock shall
not be issued until, and unless the or
dinance which the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore is hereby author
lied to pass for the purpose aforesaid.
shall be approved by a majority of the
votes of the legal voters of the City
OF Baltimore, cast at the same time
and place to be provided by said or
/ dinances. in the provision for submit
ting the same to the legal voters of
said city. as required by Section 7 of
! Article ~ of the Constitution of Mary
land; provided however, that should
a majority of votes cast at the cleo
ton aforesaid be cast against said or
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