The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-05-03

may be necessary for the construction
and maintenance Of said work, and
said commission shall, from time to
time, and as rapidly as said sewerage
system may be available, require ex-
listing buildings, and those nereinaf-
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
tim0re shall furnish said commission
with necessary rooms and furniture.
Vacancies in said commission shall
be filed by said commission except
where vacancy occurs by death. res
ignation or removal CT 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
We're made. and the members Of said
cc;D mission shall be municipal officers
and subject to removal by the Mayor
as 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 bay or
its tributaries, nor shall anv of the af-
11uent Or resuitants of said sewerage
be 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-
putc, to be chosen by the State Board
of Public Works. and said affluent or
resultant By said chemists pronourc-
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 to it by three insertions
in all of the daily papers published in
Baltimore city, over the signatures of
said chemists, attested by their aft
dayits. Subsequent examinations
shall. from time to time. be 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. ard when any
subsequent examination is made, it
shall be in all respects the same as
in that hereinhefore provided for; and
if, as result of said subsequent ex-
animation or examinations, any impur
tiles detrimental to the oyster or fish
industries of this State shall be found
to exist in said afinent of said sew
erage, or it's resutants. 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-
utarias. until the said State Board of
Public Works shall be satisfied as the
result of q denomination that said
af1luert is free from impurities detri-
mental as aforesaid, to the oyster
CT fish industries of this State.
The privilege of filing said petit
ton as hereinbefore provided shall
not be more frequently than once in
every three months. Said exanlina-
ton 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
centum 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 Sinking Fund" for the redemp-
ton of said bonds at maturity.
Section 3. 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
hereby authorized to issue certificates
CT stock, of the Mayor and City Coun-
ell of Baltimore. for sum not exceed
ing twelve million (s12,000,000) dol
lars: said stock to be issued from
time to time, as the said Mayor and
City 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 hear such
rates Of interest as the Mayor and
City Council shall provide by Ordi-
nance hereinafter mentioned, and all of
the money derived from general taxa
tion to be levied as hereinbefore pro-
vided shall be used and applied in such
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
end 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 majority Of the
votes of the legal voters of the City
of Baltimore. cast at the same time
end 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
rfioIa 1 of tha Constitution of Mary