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County Commissioners of Montgomery and Prince George's Counties,
annually, so long as said bonds are outstanding and not paid, a tax
sufficient to meet the interest on said bonds, and to pay the principal
thereof as the said principal and interest mature or become due; said
tax shall be determined, levied, collected and paid over to said Com-
mission in the manner provided by Section 6 of said Chapter 122, or
any amendment thereof, and all of the provisions of said Section 6
shall apply to the bonds issued hereunder.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That said Commission shall
annually determine the amount necessary to meet the principal and
interest requirements of said bonds, and shall annually fix the water
service charge of paid District at such a sum as to produce, in addition
to the costs of said service, and the requirements of any other bonds
issued and outstanding, the annual requirements of which are to be
paid out of said water service, the amount determined as necessary to
pay the annual requirements of the bonds hereby authorized. The
sum so collected annually from water service charges shall be deducted
from the amount which the Commission has determined to be neces-
sary to be raised by direct taxation upon certification to the County
Council and to the County Commissioners of said counties.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That any guarantee of any water
supply bonds heretofore made by the County Council of Montgomery
County and the County Commissioners of Prince George's County be
and the same is hereby ratified and confirmed.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That if any word, phrase, clause,
sentence or any part or parts of this Act shall be held unconstitutional
by any court of competent jurisdiction such unconstitutionally shall
not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this Act or of any
other section thereof.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Approved March 18, 1957.

CHAPTER 272
(House Bill 442)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 627A of
Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1956 Supplement),
title "Crimes and Punishments", sub-title "Taxicabs", providing
that the crime of refusing to pay fare on taxicabs and other com-
mon carriers shall also apply to Harford County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 627A of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland

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