1100 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 540

tions or orders passed in the District of Columbia by said Com-
mission shall have the same force and effect as if passed by said
Commission when sitting in the Sanitary District; and all acts,
orders and regulations heretofore passed by said Commission
while sitting in the District of Columbia are hereby ratified
and confirmed and are to be given the same force and effect as
if passed in the State of Maryland. Said Commission shall
annually publish in at least one newspaper in Montgomery
County, and one in Prince George's County, a full and
true account of its receipts, expenses and expenditures;
prior to said publication said accounts shall be fully
audited by the State Auditor of the State of Maryland,
who shall be paid such compensation by the Commission as is
paid the Auditor for auditing other State accounts; provided,
however, said Commission may in addition to said State audit
employ a certified public accountant to audit its books and ac-
counts. Said Commission shall always keep available and
open to public inspection during business hours, at its princi-
pal office, a detailed audit and financial statement of its ac-
counts.

Said Commission is authorized to formulate and adopt a
pension or retirement plan for its employees, including the
right to contract with any established insurance company or*
insurance companies for a group, annuity, retirement or pen-
sion plan, and to contribute so much thereto as it may deem
equitable, or be required to pay under any contract, and such
contribution or payment shall be charged as expenses of the
several departments of the Commission in the same proportion
that the receipts of the respective departments bear to the total
receipts of the Commission.

992. (1016) The members of said Commission shall be a
body corporate by the name of the "Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission", with the right to use a common seal,
to sue and be sued, and to do any and all other corporate acts
for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act. In
the event of a judgment at law or in equity being recovered
against said Commission or for the purpose of amicably ad-
justing threatened or pending litigation, the Commission shall
at the annual tax levying period of the respective County
Commissioners next succeeding the rendition of said judgment
or compromise, certify to said County Commissioners of both
Counties, a tax rate, in addition to that required for its
interest, serial bonds and sinking fund requirements, that will,
when levied and collected under the provisions of Section 995
(1019) of this sub-title, produce an amount sufficient to satisfy
said judgment or other sum including costs and counsel fees,
if any, provided, however, that this provision shall relate