The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-06-22
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS

ZION unOer the TlSnC Ol eHllHeHI uO-
main as provided in the Public Cen
eral Laws of Maryland as fully as if
the provisions of said laws had been
herein Incorporated. The said Mayor
and Council of Grantsville shall have
full power to fix schedules of rates
for furnishing water and sewerage to
private residences and other buildings,
and the said Mayor and Council shall
have power to collect the same as
other taxes are collected and the in
come 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 maturity.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,
That the title to said water works, and
all land, estates and water courses,
waterways, conduitS, pipes, machin-
cry and all other parts thereto shall,
when completed or acquired, vest in
the Mayor and Council of Grantsville;
and every person who shall knowingly
or wilfully pollute any spring,
streams, brooks, water course, reser-
voir or standpipe in connection with
the said water works so built or con-
structed by throwing 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 sources of supply of the reservoir
or standpipe for said water works, so
as to pollute the same shall, upon con-
viction of such offense, be liable to a
fine of not less than twenty-five dol
lars nor more than three hundred dol
lars for each offense, to be recovered
by the Mayor and Council Of Grants
vile before a justice of the peace, as
other fines are recovered, or to impris-
onment in the County Jail or House
of Correction for a term of not less
than six months nor more than eigh-
teen months, or both fine and i'm
prisonment, in the discretion of the
justice of the peace, one-half of such
fine to go to the informer and the
balance to the Mayor and Council of
Grantsville for the purpose Of this
Act.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,
That for the purpose of redeeming
said bonds at their maturity and for
securing the prompt payment of the
interest thereon, the Mayor and Coun-
Gil of Grantsville shall for the year
of the issue of said bonds and annu-
ally thereafter until the maturity of
said bonds, levy tax on the assessa-
BILE property of said town, not eX-
ceeding twenty-five cents on the one
hundred dollars to pay the interest
thereon, and the sum of one thousand
dollars for the principal of said debt
for the payment of the same at ma
turity. The said sum of one thousand
dollars shall be held and invested by
the Mayor and Council of Grantsville
as sinking fund for the redemption
of said bonds at their maturity; and
the said Mayor and Council Of Grants
vile shall from time to time deposit
the money belonging to said sinking
fund and the increment thereof in
some safe depository which pays in
terest on deposits, or shall invest the
same in State or other bonds satisfac-
tory to the said Mayor and Council
of Grantsville as to them may seem
best. or in the purchase or redemption
Of any of said bonds as may be offer
ed for sale and redemption, and upon
the purchase of any such bonds by the
said Mayor and Council they shall be
Immediately cancelled by stamping
across their face Cancelled by the
sinking fund.-, and no portion of said
sinking fund so levied shall ever be
diverted to any other purpose than to
the purchase and liquidation of said
bonds. The money collected each year
by the treasurer or tax collector on
account of taxes to the extent of said
sum of one thousand dollars shall be
set apart for said sinking fund, and
separate account shall be kept thereof
and be deposited to the credit of said
fund, and no part of which shall be
of failure of assessments or collec-
tions.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted,
That the money arising from the sale
of said bonds (Which bonds shall be
sold either at auction or by sealed
bids or at private sale, in the discre-
ton of the Mayor and CounciD shall
be deposited in banks to the credit of
said Mayor and Council of Grantsville
and subject to their check, and the
clerk of said town of Grantsville shall
keep a book to be specially provided
for the purpose Of recording the
names and addresses of the purchas
ers of the bonds sold and the amount
realized on the sales, together with
the serial numbers of the bonds.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted,
That in any prosecution before JUS
tice of the Peace under Section 3 of
this Act, the accused and the Mayor
and Council shall have the right of
appeal to the Circuit Court for Gar
rett County within thirty days to a
jury trial. Any person or persons
convicted before a Justice of the
Peace under Section of this Act who
shall pray an appeal to the said
Court, shall be held by recognizance
or be committed to the county Jail to
appear before the next regular jury
term of the Circuit Court for Garrett
County.
Sec. Z. And be it further enacted,
That the Mayor and Council Of
Grantsville be and they are hereby au-
thorized and empowered to negoti-
ate, sell and dispose of the said bonds
as hereinbefore provided in Section 5
of this Act, or so many thereof as to
the Mayor and Council may be deemed
necessary for the purposes of this
Act, and the said Mayor and Council