The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-06-07
TCHAPTER No. 80 !

lChAPIER NJ. 81.
AN ACT to authorize and empower tic
Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick 10 IS
sue and sell bonds for sum OF money
not exceeding Sixty Thousand Dollars
$50, 900 00), for the purpose of increas
ing the water supply and facilitating the
distribution thereof in the Corporation
of Frederick by the erection OF & storage
reservoir, or lake. on Tuscarora Creek.
or Fishing Creek, in Frederick County,
Maryland, and for the purpose of aequir-
ing title by purchase or condemnation
of such land, on the watershed Of either
or both of said streams. as the Mayor
and Aldermen Of Frederick shall think
proper, and to provide for the levy and
collection of all taxes necessary Tor the
payment of the interest on said bonds
and for the creation of sinking fund out
of the funds derived from water rents.
for their payment upon maturity.
Whereas, For number OF wears the
sources from which the Corporation Of
Frederick obtains its water supply have
been, and still are. inadequate. during the
summer and fall to furnish sufficient ousn-
titles to meet the demands of the CITY
while in the winter and spring large auan-
titles of water run To waste. which if prop-
erly conserved by the building Of a st6.sse
reservoir, would he sufficient 10 meet the
demands of the city for years 10 come: and
Whereas The Mayor ana Aldermen 81
Frederick have been advised bv a number
OF reputable hydraulic engineers that the
building of a storage reservoir or lake. :
imperative for the present and future needs
OF the City; and
Whereas On account OF the increased
water pressure, tv>uitiug from the recent
Improvements, much greater quantity
will he consumed in the future than has
been used heretofore: and
Whereas, In the summer and early fall
when the stream flows in the creeks, which
furnish the City with water is at its low
est the consumption in the City is at its
maximum; neceSSitating on a number OF
occasions the installation of pumping sta
ton for the purpose OF obtaining an addi-
uonal quantity of water. an expensive pro-
cess, which would he abandoned upon the
erection of a storage reservoir. Now there
fore,
Section l. Be it enacted BY the General
Assembly of Maryland. That the Mayor
and Aldermen of Frederick are hereby au-
thorized and empowered TO issue and sell
bonds for the Corporation of Frederick for
a sum of money not exceeding Sixty Thou
sand Dollars $50, 600. O0). for the purpose
of increasing the water supply and facili-
taiing the distribution thereof in the Cor
poration of Frederick, by the erection of a
storage reservoir, or lake. on Tuscarora
Creek or Fishing Creek, in Frederick Coun-
ty, Maryland, and for the purpose of ac-
quiring title by purchase or condemnation
of such land on tbs watershed of either or
both of said streams, as tho Mayor and
Aldermen of Frederick shall think proper.
Section ,. And be it enacted, That the
bonds authorized to be issued under the
provisions of this Act, shall he issued in
sums of not less than one hundred dollars
nor more than one thousand dollars each,
and each of said bonds shall he payable
thirty years after date, to bearer, redeem
able however, at the pleasure of the Mayor
and Aldermen of Frederick at any time
after the expiration of fsve1ty years from