The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-05-05
CHAPTER NO AQ1

sale of Bonds by the Mayor and Town
Council of Kitzmillersville for con-
structing, erecting and maintaining
water works and sewerage in said
town of charlottesville condemn such
land as may be necessary for the build
ing of said works, and to levy taxes
on the assessable property of said
town to redeem said bonds and to pay
! the interest thereon.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland, that for the
purpose of establishing, construction
and maintaining water works capable of
furnishing the residents of said town
with a good and sufficient supply of
water for ordinary purposes and for fire
protection and for establishing, erect
ing, constructing and maintaining a
sewerage system in said town for drain
age and sewerage purposes, the Mayor
and Town Council of charlottesville be
and they are hereby authorized and en-
powered and directed to issue bonds in
the name of the Mayor and Town Coun-
Gil OF charlottesville to an amount not
exceeding 500, 600 or so much thereof as
may be necessary for the purpose afore-
said. The said bonds shall be for sums
not less than $500 each nor more than
| $500 each, to be signed bv the Mayor
and President of the Town Council, and
cOuntersigned by the Clerk of the said
| Town Council, with the corporate seal
| of said town thereto to be affixed, bear
/ ing interest at not more than five per
! centum per annum, payable semi-an-
nually in each and every year and dated
on the first day of their issue. The said
| bonds shall be numbered serially. Bond
! No. l shall be due and payable two years
/ from date of issue, and thereafter each
| bond shall mature and be payable each
1 consecutive year from the maturity Of
/ Bond No. / in the order of their cOnsecu-
/ tive numbers; provided, however, the
/ Mayor and Town Council of hitZmillers-
/ VILE are hereby given the option to re-
deem any or all bonds outstanding TWEEN
/ ty years from date of issue; that all Of
said bonds issued as aforesaid shall be
/ due and payable within forty-one years
/ from the date of their issue, and shall
/ be forever exempt from all county and
municipal taxation for any purpose, and
/ shall have printed on them a reference
/ to the Act Of Assembly authorizing the
/ issue thereof.
SEC. ?. And be it enacted, That the
. Mayor and Town Council of kitzmillers-
vile are hereby authorized and empow-
| cred to construct and erect water works
and sewerage for said town, and to CON
/ tract for the purchase in fee simple or
/ lease for a term of years, renewable at
| their pleasure. any land, real estate.
| springs, brooks, water courses, streams,
and TO use and occupy forever or for
/ term of years any land, real estate,
! springs, brooks, water courses or
! streams which they may deem eXpedi
ent and necessary for the purpose of
| furnishing said town with water and
maintaining said sewerage, and they
are hereby invested with all the rights
and powers necessary for the induction
| of water in the said town, and the
| maintenance of said sewerage system.
/ If for any cause the said Mayor and
/ Town Council OF kitzmilersville shall
| be unable to agree with any owner Of
real or leasehold property. springs,
| brooks, water streams or water courses
or any other material which partakes
| of or is a necessary part of realty, or
for any right of way which they may
! find necessary for the conduct of said
water and sewerage in its entry into or
| in said town. or if such owner is under
any disability or incapacltY to contract
| or absent out of the county or unknown,
| the said Mayor and Town Council Of
| kitzmllersville is hereby clothed with
! the power of condemnation under the
right of eminent domain as provided in
! Section 251 of Article % of the Code Of
! Public General Laws of Maryland as
! fully as if said Section had been herein
| Incorporated, and their manner of pro-
| cedure of condemnation for the purposes
| of this Act shall in all particulars be the
same as if provided by said Section 25l
| of Article %. The said Mayor and Town
| Council of Kitzmillersvile shall have full
power to fix schedules of rates for fur
| nishing water and sewerage to private
! residences and other buildings and the
| said Mayor and Town Council as afore-
! said shall have power to collect the
same as other taxes are collected and
the income thereof shall be applied,
! first, for expenses and maintenance and
afterwards for the payment of the in
terest on the bonds and a sinking fund
| to meet the bonds at maturit-.
SEC. 3. And be 1t enacted, That the
the title to the said water works and
sewerage and all land, estate and
water courses, water ways, cOnduitS
pipes, machinery and other parts there
to shall, when completed or acquired,
vest in the Mayor and Town Council of
Kitzmillersvile. And every person who
shall knowingly or willfully pollute any
! spring, stream, brooks, water courses,
reservoir or standpipe in connection
with the said water works so built and
or constructed, ssby throwing in 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 thing therein, or
| by committing any nuisance in or near
| the source of supply or the Reservoir or
stand pipe or water sheds for said water
works, so as to pollute the same, shall
upon conviction of such OffenSe be liable
to a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor
more than five hundred dollars for each
offense. to be recovered by the Mayor
and Town Council Of Kitzmillersville
| before a Justice of the Peace as other
! fines are recovered or to Imprisonment
in the County Jail or in the House of
| Correction for term of not less than
| six months or more than two years, or
| both fine and Imprisonment in the dis
erection of the Justice of the Peace, one
| half of such fine to 90 to the informer
and the balance to the Mayor and Town
/ Council of kitZmillprSVllle for the MIR