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ture fifteen years after the date of issue, and that levy shall be
made by the County Commissioners of Montgomery and Prince
George's Counties as may be necessary to pay the interest on
and redeem them at the end of such period. The Commission
shall be empowered and directed to fix and collect a reasonable
charge upon the owners of all improved properties within the
area served by its refuse collection and disposal system, said
charge to be payable at the same time and subject to the same
conditions as the charges for water service, as specified under
Section 13. All sums so received by the Commission shall be
applied to the maintenance and operation of said system and
to overhead expenses of the Commission, but all sums received
by the Commission from the sale of materials or products re-
sulting from its system of refuse disposal shall be applied by
the Commission to the payment of the interest on and redemp-
tion of the bonds issued under this Section, in the same manner
as benefit and connection charges are applied to payment on
water and sewerage bonds, as specified under Section 12; pro-
vided, that if; at any time, said sums so received by the Com-
mission for the sale of materials or products shall be in excess
of the total amount necessary to pay all of the interest and
sinking fund charges for that year upon the bonds issued
under this Section, ' the Commission shall retain such excess
amount and may apply it, in its discretion, to a reduction of
the charges herein provided for refuse collection and disposal
service, or to the extension of said service.

SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That said Commission
may enter upon any State, County or municipal street, road
or alley, or any public highway, for the purpose of installing,
maintaining and operating the water supply, sewerage and
drainage systems provided for under this Act, and it may
construct in any such street, road or alley or public highway, a
water main, sewer or drain, or any appurtenance thereof, with-
out the receipt of a permit or the payment of a charge; pro-
vided, that whenever any State, County or municipal highway
is to be disturbed the public authority having control thereof
shall be duly notified, and provided further that said highway
shall be repaired and left by the Commission in the same, or a
not inferior, condition to that existing before being torn up,
and that all costs incident thereto shall be borne by the Com-
mission.

SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That any employee or
agent of said Commission shall have the right of entry, at all