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and effect of law, to carry the preceding provision of this
section into effect. All assessments and charges collected by
the Treasurer of Baltimore County shall be deposited as
received into a special account or accounts in one or more
banks designated by the Commissioners and the sums so
deposited, together with all sums received by the Commis-
sioners, to the credit of the Metropolitan District water and
sewerage funds, after deducting all overhead expenses of the
Commissioners and all proper and necessary costs of main-
taining and operating the systems, shall be applied by the
Commissioners in so far as may be necessary, to the payment
of current interest on and to the retirement of such out-
standing bonds as may be issued under this Act, and the
balance, if any, shall be held or applied for maintenance, con-
struction or any other purpose of this Act. The change in
the method of collecting or enforcing said annual assessments
and charges shall not be so construed as to make any of said
annual assessments and charges subject to the bar of any
statute of limitations. This section is remedial in nature
and all of its provisions shall operate retroactively so that
the construction herein declared and the remedies herein
provided shall apply to all Metropolitan District charges and
assessments heretofore accrued, as well as to all Metropolitan
District charges and assessments accruing hereafter.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any section, sub-
section, sentence, clause or other provision of this Act or of
any of the sections thereof or the application thereof to any
person or class of property or subdivision of any such class,
is held invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or uncon-
stitionality shall not affect the remaining provisions of this
Act and of the sections thereof.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and being
passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of
all of the members elected to each of the two Houses of the
General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved November 10, 1947.

CHAPTER 13.
(Senate Bill 16)

AN ACT to add 40 new sections to Article 1 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Alle-
gany County", to be under sub-title "LaVale Sanitary Com-