196 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 122

tion 1000 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Montgomery
County (1947 Edition) as amended.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That before making
any binding commitment for the purchase of the above
described facilities, the Town shall cause an appraisal of
said water supply system, sewerage system and sewage
disposal plant to be made by competent and disinterested
consulting sanitary engineers qualified to make such ap-
praisals and the Town shall not make or enter into any
contract or commitment to purchase said facilities at a
price or combination of prices in excess of such appraisal.
In addition, said Town shall make no contract or commit-
ment for the purchase of any part of the above described
facilities separately, but is authorized hereby only to enter
into a contract for the acquisition of said water supply
system, sewerage system and sewage disposal plant as a
complete operating unit, nor shall said Town make any
contract to acquire, or acquire, said facilities unless and
until such acquisition, apart from the price therefor, shall
have been approved by the State Board of Health as a
proper addition to the public sanitary facilities of the
Town. If the foregoing conditions are met, the Town shall
have, and is hereby granted, the authority to enter into
a contract with the actual owner or owners of said facili-
ties for the purchase of the same as an entirety at the
best price which can be negotiated therefor. In addition
to providing for the terms and conditions of transfer of
title to said facilities, as above defined, to the Town and
payment therefor, said contract shall also provide that
the sellers will cause to be transferred to the Town at the
time of settlement (a) a complete set of the plats showing
the precise layout and locations of said water supply
system, sewerage system and sewage disposal plant; (b)
a valid assignment of the permits for the installation of
said water supply system, sewerage system and sewage
disposal plant by the State Board of Health of Maryland;
and (c) a valid assignment of the agreement pursuant to
which effluent from said sewage disposal plant is per-
mitted to discharge into a stream passing through private
property, which stream in turn empties into Rock Creek.
Said contract may provide for the payment for said facili-
ties by the Town in instalments payable over a period of
years as new water and sewer connections are made to
said systems, to the end that the portion of ad valorem
taxes levied in said sub-division, which the Town shall
from time to time allocate to debt service created in con-
junction with the acquisition of such facilities, shall at
all times be sufficient for said purpose.