1208                            Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 779

new Sections 74-55.1 and 1590A of said Montgomery County
Code and Prince George's Code, respectively, to stand in the
place of the said Sections of said Codes so repealed, pertaining
to the adoption by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Com-
mission of a five-year projected program of major extension
of sewer and water facilities in the Sanitary District and in
certain other areas within Montgomery and Prince George's
Counties and annual revisions thereof and relating to the Com-
mission's adherence to such program with exception; providing
for the submission to the County Council in Montgomery County,
of that portion of the Commission's program and revisions thereof
as relate to construction of major trunk sewers in the said County
and setting forth the procedure to be followed by the Sanitary
Commission, the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, the County Council for Montgomery County and the
County Commissioners of Prince George's County in connection
therewith and relating generally to the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission's five-year program and annual revisions
thereof.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 2 of Chapter 717 of the Acts of 1955 be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

2. The jurisdiction of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Com-
mission is hereby extended to include the areas above described
and said areas shall be subject to all the rules and regulations
of the Commission and all provisions of law relating to said
District, including taxes and other sums or charges levied by
said Commission in other parts of said District, provided, how-
ever, that the Commission shall not levy any ad valorem tax or
any front foot benefit tax, assessment, or other charge within
any of said additional areas until such time as the construction
of a water or sewer system shall be actually commenced or an
existing water or sewer system shall be extended to such area
and available to the property within such area and when, from
time to time such a system is commenced or extended, then the
area or areas affected by said commencement or extension as here-
inbefore described shall be excluded from this provision, and
provided further that notwithstanding, the Commission in any
event shall not levy any ad valorem tax or any front foot benefit
tax, assessment or other charge on any property within any of
said additional area lying south of Tinkers Run until such time
as the construction of a water and/or sewer system is actually
begun in such territory south of said Tinkers Run, or an ex-
tension is made of any existing water or sewer system therein.
[Provided further that said Commission, be and is hereby directed
to determine and establish, on or before October 1, 1955, a schedule
for extension of facilities by said Commission and the order of
priority thereof for all the area within its jurisdiction, and said
Commission shall thereafter adhere to and follow such schedule
in the priority so established for the extension of its facilities
and shall not deviate or depart from such order of priority until
and unless such Commission by Resolution shall determine and
declare that, for the immediate preservation of the public health
and safety, it is necessary to change the order of priority and