656 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 376
CHAPTER 376.
(House Bill 485)

AN ACT to add one new section to Article 44 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Hospitals—
Maryland", sub-title "Spring Grove State Hospital", said
new section to be known as Section 9A, and to follow imme-
diately after Section 9 of said Article, providing for the pay-
ment by the State of Maryland to the County Commissioners
of Baltimore County of charges hereafter to accrue for
the cost of sewer service rendered Spring Grove S'tate Hos-
pital by said County Commissioners of Baltimore County.

WHEREAS, Spring Grove State Hospital, a State institution
located in Baltimore County, and serving the citizens of the
State generally, has continuously for a number of years been
rendered sewer service by the County Commissioners of Balti-
more County at great expense and cost to said County Com-
missioners, the discontinuance of which service would seriously
imperil the health, welfare and safety of citizens of this State
hospitalized at Spring Grove State Hospital; and

WHEREAS, no payment has ever been made to said County
Commissioners of Baltimore County or any of its agencies, to
reimburse it for any part of the continuing cost of such sewer
service; and

WHEREAS, the citizens and taxpayers of Baltimore County
should not be required solely to bear the expense of a service
rendered to and benefiting the State and its citizens generally;
and

WHEREAS, the State contends that at the time of the in-
stallation of said sewer service to Spring Grove State Hos-
pital the State permitted the said sewer line to run through
the said property without charge for the right of way then
granted, and that the failure to make any payment to the
county heretofore for the said sewer service is because of the
understanding that there would be no charge for said service
in exchange for the said right of way; and

WHEREAS, it is found as a fact that a continuation of free
sewer service to the said hospital will result in the payment
by Baltimore County of a grossly excessive consideration for
the said right of way; and

WHEREAS, the sum of $155,882.23 has already accumulated
on the books of Baltimore County for the said sewer service