60 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 27

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That any employee
or agent of said authorities shall have the right of entry, at
all reasonable hours, upon any private premises and into any
building within their jurisdiction, while in the pursuit of his
official duties; and any restraint or hindrance offered to such
entry, by an owner or tenant or agent of said owner or tenant
shall be a misdemeanor punishable under Section 16.

SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That said authorities
shall have full power and authority to enter into any contracts
or agreements with other municipal authorities, or with county.
State or Federal authorities, with respect to obtaining water
supply sources, or with respect to any other matter necessary
or advisable for the proper or economical construction, estab-
lishment, maintenance or operation of a water supply system.

SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That every act or
omission designated as a misdemeanor in this Act, unless
otherwise stated, shall be punishable before any Justice of the
Peace or the Circuit Court of Wicomico County within which
such offense is committed, and action shall be brought by war-
rant or indictment upon the oath or information of any mu-
nicipal official, or any agent or municipal authorities, and the
offender shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceed-
ing $100. 00 or 30 days in the county jail, or both, in the
discretion of the Court. Where such act or omission is of a
continuing nature, and is persisted in in violation of the pro-
visions of this Act or of any rule or regulation formulated
thereunder, a conviction for one offense shall not be a bar to
a conviction for a continuation of such offense subsequent to
the first or any succeeding conviction.

SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That the said author-
ities before issuing bonds for any of said improvements, shall
first, at a special or regular election, submit to the voters of
Sharptown the question whether or not the said bonds shall be
issued, and upon the ballots to be used at said election there
shall be printed or written the words "For Water Supply
Bonds" and "Against Water Supply Bonds, " and if a majority
of the votes cast upon said question shall be "For Water Sup-
ply Bonds" then the said authorities shall exercise the power
vested in them by this Act and shall issue the bonds author-
ized by this Act; but if a majority of the votes cast upon said
question shall be "Against Water Supply Bonds, " the power