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f6ot benefit assessment necessary to amortize the cost of such
construction. If it is found that the replacement of mains
are necessary and if the project can be financed, the Commis-
sion may proceed with such construction, and its decision shall
be final.

432B. The front foot benefit assessment to be levied against
the abutting property aforesaid, shall be based upon the actual
cost of the improvement. In no case shall the Commission
levy a front assessment, where a replacement has been made,
in excess of the uniform assessment levied for the rest of the
district or sub-district.

432C. All replacements of water and sewer main hereto-
fore made by the Commission, where it has been necessary to
preserve the public health and safety of any locality within
the sanitary district or sub-district, and any levy made by the
Commission not in excess of the uniform rate established within
the districts or sub-districts, and where there has been no
formal notice given to the abutting owners, are hereby ap-
proved, legalized and confirmed.

SEC. 2. And "be It -further enacted, That all laws or parts
of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be, and
they are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency Law and necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public health and safety and, hav-
ing been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-
fifths of all the members elected to each of the two houses
<of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect from the
date of its passage.

Approved April 28, 1941.

CHAPTER 280.
(House Bill 321)

AN ACT to authorize the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission to issue its bonds, guaranteed by the Commis-
sioners of Montgomery and Prince George's Counties, in an
amount not exceeding Two Million Dollars (12, 000, 000. 00),
and to provide for the payment thereof, for the purpose of
augmenting the water supply of the area served by said
Commission.