1116                             Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 694

"Washington County", sub-title "County Commissioners" to follow
immediately after Section 873 and to be under new title "Sanitary
Districts", providing for the appointment and incorporation in
Washington County as bodies corporate and politic, of "Sanitary
Districts", and for the government thereof; prescribing the rights,
powers, and duties of such Districts; authorizing such Districts
by purchase or gift to acquire, hold, construct, reconstruct, extend,
repair, improve, maintain, own and lease, either as lessor or lessee,
water supply, sewerage and drainage systems; and authorizing
such Districts to purchase, condemn or acquire by gift any land,
structures or buildings or any stream bed, water way, water
rights, or watershed or any rights therein required for use in the
construction, maintenance or operation of water supply, sewerage
and drainage systems; providing for the issuance of bonds for the
purpose of such construction and the levy and collection of taxes,
assessments and benefits, water charges and rates for the payment
of the debt service of said bonds in each District and for the cost
of operation and maintenance of such water and sewerage systems;
providing for the operation, maintenance, regulation and control
of said systems; exempting such systems, such bonds and the
income therefrom from taxation; authorizing municipalities,
sanitary districts and other political sub-divisions to contract with
and advance money to Sanitary Districts and to transfer or lease
to such Districts existing facilities; and relating generally to such
Sanitary Districts, their powers, duties and operations.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 874 to 900, inclusive, be and they are hereby added to
Article 22 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, (1930
Edition), title "Washington County", sub-title "County Commis-
sioners", to follow immediately after Section 873, respectively, Sec-
tions 874 to 900, inclusive, to be under the new sub-title "Sanitary
Districts" and all to read as follows:

SANITARY DISTRICTS

874. The following terms whenever used or referred to in this sub-
title shall have the following meanings, except in those instances
where the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(a)  The term "District" shall mean a body politic and corporate
created pursuant to this sub-title, or, if such body politic and corpo-
rate shall be abolished, the board, body or commission succeeding to
the principal functions thereof or to which the powers given by this
sub-title to such body politic and corporate shall be given by law.

(b)  The term "Commission" shall mean the governing body of a
District.

(c)  The term "bonds" shall mean and include notes, bonds and
other evidences of indebtedness or obligations which each District is
authorized to issue pursuant to Section 882 of this sub-title.

(d)  The term "governing body" as applied to any county shall
mean the body or board authorized by law to enact ordinances or
adopt resolutions for the particular county.

(e)  The term "water system" shall mean and shall include all
plants, systems, facilities or properties used or useful or having the