1786 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 1017

charges in installments shall cease to be operative and in lieu
thereof with respect to each assessable property all Metro-
politan annual assessments and charges thereon shall be
included in the taxes thereon and collected together, in in-
stallments. The Commissioners are hereby authorized and em-
powered to adopt and pass all needful ordinances, which shall
have the force and effect of law, to carry the preceding pro-
vision of this section into effect. All assessments and charges
collected by the Treasurer of Baltimore County shall be de-
posited as received into a special account or accounts in one
or more banks designated by the Commissioners and the sums
so deposited, together with all sums received by the Commis-
sioners to the credit of the Metropolitan District water and
sewerage funds, after deducting all overhead expenses of the
Commissioners and all proper and necessary costs of main-
taining and operating the systems, shall be applied by the
Commissioners in so far as may be necessary, to the payment of
current interest on and to the retirement of such outstanding
bonds as may be issued under this Act, and the balance, if any,
shall be held or applied for maintenance, construction or any
other purpose of this Act. The change in the method of col-
lecting or enforcing said annual assessments and charges shall
not be so construed as to make any of said annual assessments
and charges subject to the bar of any statute of limitations.
This section is remedial in nature and all of its provisions
shall operate retroactively so that the construction herein
declared and the remedies herein provided shall apply to all
Metropolitan District charges and assessments -heretofore
accrued, as well as to all Metropolitan District charges and
assessments accruing hereafter.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That Sections 348, 349,
350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 367,
368, 369, 370, 371, 374, 375, 376 and 377 of Article 3 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Balti-
more County", sub-title "Health and Sanitation" (Metro-
politan District) be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 8. And lie it further enacted, That all Acts and parts
of Acts, whether local or general, inconsistent with the provi-
sions of this Act, are hereby repealed to the extent of such
inconsistency.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That if any provision,
clause, sentence, word, phrase or part of this Act, or the
application thereof to any person, firm or corporation, or to
any given factual situation, is held invalid, neither the remain-
der of this Act nor the application of such invalidated portion
or portions of this Act to other persons, firms or corporations,