THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 517

district, including reimbursement to the County Commis-
sioners of the County, acting as District Council for each
district, of the expenses incurred by them, not to exceed
Two Hundred Dollars each, annually, in the inspection of
the various bulkheads, and in the performance of other
duties required in the administration of the provisions of
this sub-title. The said County Commissioners, acting as
District Council for each district, shall, each year, prior
to its annual levy, determine the number of cents per one
hundred dollars necessary to raise the amount of money
so required, and each year, in its annual levy shall levy the
tax above mentioned until all of said notes, certificates of
indebtedness or bonds, and the interest thereon, and all
other indebtedness incurred in carrying into effect the
provisions of this sub-title, shall have been paid. There-
after, it shall levy a tax sufficient only to keep in repair
said erosion prevention works.

(b) Said tax shall be levied and collected as county taxes
now are, or may hereafter be, by law levied and collected,
and shall have the same priority rights, bear the same
interest and penalties and in every respect be treated the
same as county taxes. The taxes so levied shall be collected
by the taxing authority of the County and every sixty days
he shall remit the whole amount of taxes so collected from
each district to the County Commissioners, acting as Dis-
trict Council for such district. The money so received shall
be deposited in such bank or banks in the County as the
County Commissioners shall determine, to the credit of
said County Commissioners as District Council for the
district from which said moneys were collected, at the rate
of interest paid for county funds. Out of the benefit
charges and taxes so collected, said County Commissioners,
acting as District Council for the district paying said
benefit charges and taxes, shall first pay the interest on
the notes, certificates of indebtedness or bonds issued for
the benefit of said district as it matures, and such notes,
certificates of indebtedness or bonds when and as they
mature. Out of the remaining money so collected by taxes,
the County Commissioners shall then pay all other indebt-
edness incurred in carrying out the provisions of this sub-
title and the cost of keeping in repair the erosion preven-
tion works in such district.

(c) Should receipts from said benefit charges and taxes
for any district be inadequate to meet said payments in any
year by reason of default or otherwise, such deficiency
shall be added to the next year's tax levy for such district,
but nothing herein contained shall be construed to release