The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-05-18
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS
CHAPTER

Gil of GrantsVllle for constructing
erecting and maintaining water works
and sewerage in said town of Grants
vile, condemn such land as may be
necessary for the building of said
works, and to levy taxes on the as
sessable property of said town to re-
deem said bonds and to paw the inter
est thereon.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Cen
= eral Assembly of Maryland, That for
the purpose of establishing, construct
Z ing and maintaining water works capa-
bic of furnishing the residents Of said
town with good and sufficient supply
of water for ordinary purposes and 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 Council of Grantsvile be and they
are hereby authorized and empowered
and directed to issue bonds in the name
of the Mayor and Council of Grantsville
to an amount not exceeding Fifteen
Thousand Dollars ISIS, 000), or so much
thereof as may be necessary for the
purpose aforesaid. The said Bonds shall
be for the sums not less than One Hun
dred dollars (Sl00J each nor more than
Five Hundred dollars (S500) each, to be
signed by the Mayor and President of
the Council and countersigned by the
Clerk of said Council with the corporate
seal of said town there to be affixed,
bearing interest at not less tLan Five
per centum per annum, payable semi
annually in each and every year and
dated on the first day of their issue: the
solid bonds ghon hn hnraI 1l,y
Bond No. l shall be due and payable
Two years after date of issue, and there
after each bond shall mature and be
payable each consecutive year from the
maturity of Bond No. /, in the order of
their consecutive numbers; provided,
however, the Mayor and Council of
Grantsville are hereby given the option
to redeem any or all bonds outstanding
Five years from date of issue or at any
interest period thereafter; that all of
said bonds thereafter shall be due and
payable within Sixty years from the
date of their issue, AMI 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 there
of.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted. That the
Mayor and Conucil of GrantsVille are
hereby authorized and empowered to
construct and erect water works and
sewerage for said town and to contract
for the purchase in fee simple or lease
for term of years, renewable al their
pleasure, any land, real estate, springs,
brooks, water courses or streams, and
to use or occupy forever or for a term
of years, any land, real estate, springs,
brooks, water courses or streams, which
they may deem eXpedient or necessary
for the purpose of furnishing said town
with water and maintaining said sewer
age, and they are hereby invested with
all the rights and powers necessary for
the induction of water into the said
town and the maintenance of said sewer
age system. If for any cause the said
Mayor and Council of Grantsvile shall
be unable to agree with any owner Of
real or leasehold property, springs,
brooks, streams or water courses or any
other material which partake of or in a
necessary part of reality, or for any
right of way which they may find
necessary for the conduit of said water
and sewerage in its entry into or in said
town or if such owner is under any dis
ability or incapacity to contract or alb
sent out of the county or unknown the
said Mayor and Council of GrantsYille is
hereby clothed with the power of con-
domination under the right of eminent
domain as provided in Section PSI 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 procedure of con-
domination for the purpose of this Act
shall in all particulars be the same as if
provided by said section 25l of said
Article %. The said Mayor and Coun-
Gil of Grantsville shall have full power
to fix schedules of rate for furnishing
water and sewerage to private residen-
ces and other buildings, and the said
Mayor and Council shall have power to
collect the same as other taxes are COL
lected and the income therefrom shall
be applied, first, for expenses and main
tenance, and afterwards for the pay
ment of the interest on the bonds and
sinking fund to meet the bonds at
maturity.
SEC. 8. And be it enacted. That
the title of said water works and sewer
age, and all lands, estates and water
courses, waterways, cOnduits, pipes,
machinery and all other parts hereto
shall when completed or acquired vest
in the Mayor and Council of Grantsville;
and every person who shall willfully or
knowing pollute any spring, stream.
brook, water course, reservoir or stand
pipe in connection with the said water
works or built or constructed by throw
any impure 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 standpipe for said water
works so as to pollute the same shall
upon conviction of such offence be liza
BILE to fine of not less than twenty-five
dollars, nor more than three hundred
dollars, for each offence, to be recover
ed by the Mayor and Council of Grants
vile before a Justice of the Peace as
other fines are recoverable, or to i'm
prisonment in the county Jail or the
House of Correction for term of not
less than six months nor more than
eighteen months or both fine and i'm
prlsonment in the discretion of the
Justice of the Peace, one-half of such
fine to go to the informer and the bal
ance to the Mayor and Council of Grants
vile for the purposes of this Act.