1438 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 816

not to exceed 5% per annum, maturing serially, in such
amounts annually as may be fixed by said Commission, but
all payable within a period of twenty years from date, and
said bonds or notes shall be sold as the General Construction
bonds of said Commission are now sold; and for the purpose
of paying interest on said bonds and principal of the same as
they become due, said Commission is authorized to make and
fix a reasonable schedule of charges for the reception and
disposal of all garbage, trash, rubbish, refuse or junk. The
receipts therefrom shall, after payment for the operation of
said plant, be applied toward the net payment of principal
and interest, and in the event that the net proceeds of said
fees and charges are not sufficient to meet the carrying charges
of said bonds or notes, said Commission is authorized to pay
the difference out of the general water receipts provided for
in Chapter 122, Acts of 1918.

SEC. 2 And be it further enacted, That whenever said Com-
mission shall declare said incinerator or incinerators operating
and ready for use it shall upon the request of the Board of
County Commissioners of Montgomery County institute,
maintain and operate such system of refuse collection
and disposal in that part of the Sanitary District within
Montgomery County as in its judgment shall best pro-
mote public health, economy and convenience and shall
prescribe the territory to be served within said District.
The Commission shall have full power to adopt and enforce
rules and regulations relating to the treatment and disposi-
tion of all varieties of refuse, garbage, or trash on private
property before collection. The Commission is empowered to
fix and collect a reasonable charge from the owners of all
improved properties within the area served by its refuse col-
lection and disposal system and may bill said charges with
its water bills or otherwise as it deems advisable; said fees
and charges to be fixed upon the basis of the cost of collec-
tion and disposition of garbage, refuse and rubbish.

SEC. 3. And lie it farther enacted, That it shall be unlaw-
ful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in the busi-
ness of collecting, for hire, garbage, trash, refuse, rubbish or
junk, after said Commission has declared its system of col-
lection and disposition of refuse in effect, without a permit
from said Commission and subject to such rules and regula-
tions as the said Commission may adopt. It shall be unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation to operate or maintain a
dump or other place for the disposition of garbage, trash or
refuse without a permit from said Commission and under
such rules and regulations as said Commission may adopt;
and it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation: