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or ownership of the said Commissioners of the District of Columbia,
or any other type of agency, authority or commission specified herein.
The words State, County, municipal authority and public commis-
sion as used in this section shall refer to and include the State, County,
municipal authorities and public commissions both of the State of
Maryland and of other States. Any contract or agreement so entered
into shall have the full force and effect of a contract between the
District of Columbia and the State of Maryland and between the
other agencies and authorities mentioned herein and the State of
Maryland. The authority herein granted shall be in addition to,
and shall not be construed to be limited by, the authority granted
by any other Act of the General Assembly of Maryland.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved March 24, 1959.

CHAPTER 229
(House Bill 184)

AN ACT to authorize the issuance of bonds of the Washington Sub-
urban Sanitary District in an amount not exceeding $6,000,000 for
enlarging, increasing and augmenting the water supply and major
distribution facilities of said District; to provide that said bonds
shall be guaranteed as to payment of principal and interest by the
County Council of Montgomery County and the County Commis-
sioners of Prince George's County; to provide for the payment of
said bonds and the interest thereon; and to provide for the ratifica-
tion and confirmation of any guarantee made by the County
Council of Montgomery County and the County Commissioners of
Prince George's County of any water supply bonds of the Wash-
ington Suburban Sanitary District heretofore issued.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, created by
Chapter 122, of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of
1918, be and it is hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds
of said Sanitary District in an aggregate principal amount not ex-
ceeding Six Million Dollars ($6,000,000), which bonds shall be in
addition to any bonds authorized to be issued under said Chapter 122,
or any amendments thereof, or under any other Act of the General
Assembly of Maryland, and shall be registered as coupon bonds, in
such denomination or denominations as shall be determined by said
Commission, and shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding
five per centum (5%) per annum, payable semi-annually, and shall
be retired serially, the last bond to be retired not later than forty
(40) years from the date of issue. Said Commission may offer

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