THEODORE K. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1765

George's County", sub-title "Seat Pleasant", said new sec-
tion to be known as Section 1246A and to follow immediately
after Section 1246 of said Article, authorizing the Mayor
and Common Council of the Town of Seat Pleasant in Prince
George's County to construct and maintain a storm water
drainage system within said town, to issue bonds to finance
such construction, to assess the cost of such construction
against the properties benefited, to defray up to 25% of
said cost by the use of general funds of the Town and to
defray said cost by the use of contributions from the Wash-
ington Suburban Sanitary District, and providing for a
referendum thereon.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to the Code
of Public Local Laws of Prince George's County (1943 Edi-
tion), being Article 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland, title "Prince George's County", sub-title "Seat
Pleasant", said new section to be known as Section 1246A and
to follow immediately after Section 1246 of said Article and
to read as follows:

1246A. (a) The Mayor and Common Council of Seat Pleasant
are hereby authorized, when in its judgment it is deemed expedi-
ent or necessary, to plan, design, construct, maintain and oper-
ate a system for the control and disposition of surface waters,
including storm water drainage, within the limits of the Town
of Seat Pleasant, and for such purpose, said Mayor and Com-
mon Council are given all of the power and authority, including
the right to condemn, heretofore given them by law, in the con-
struction and maintenance of its roadways, alleys, curbs, side-
walks and gutters, and the right and authority to negotiate
with any public agency and to make contracts with such
agency, including the Washington Suburban Sanitary Com-
mission.

(b) To effectuate the construction of storm water drains
within the Town of Seat Pleasant and areas immediately ad-
jacent thereto, the Mayor and Common Council of Seat
Pleasant is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow from
time to time on the credit of the Town such sums of money as
it deems necessary in its discretion, and to issue bonds or
certificates of indebtedness therefor, which shall be payable on
or before twenty years from the date of issuance with interest
thereon not to exceed the rate of six per centum (6%) per
annum, payable semi-annually, unless of shorter duration than
at the maturity of said obligation. The funds derived from the
sale of said bonds or certificates of indebtedness shall be de-