1062                             Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 644

ing Districts to borrow money from Federal or State agencies;
clarifying and establishing the method of appointing and compen-
sating members of the Commission of a District and officers of a
District; providing that Districts created as bodies corporate and
politic pursuant to said sub-title shall have perpetual existence and
that limitations on such corporate existence heretofore created
shall be annulled and repealed; correcting certain statutory refer-
ences and references to the superseded State Tax Commission m
said sub-title; establishing and clarifying the procedure for the
formation of sanitary districts within the territory served by any
District; authorizing the Commission of a District finally to deter-
mine the boundaries of any sanitary district and to divide any area
within its jurisdiction into sanitary districts upon compliance with
stated procedures; authorizing a county or counties to advance
funds, in addition to other advances authorized by said sub-title,
in an amount not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) for
preliminary expenses of a new or proposed sanitary district; in-
creasing the interest which may be paid on bonds issued by any
District from five to six per centum per annum; clarifying the pro-
cedure for issuing and executing the bonds issued by a District
and increasing the amount which a county may advance to the
Commission of a District from $5,000 to $25,000, in addition to
other advances authorized by said sub-title; clarifying and provid-
ing for the disposition of any surplus resulting from the sale of
bonds, further clarifying the method of payment of the principal
of and interest on bonds issued by a District; validating and con-
firming all proceedings, incorporations and bond issues pursuant
to said sub-title prior to June 1, 1961, and relating generally to the
formation, powers, duties, operations and financing of Districts
and sanitary districts.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 645 to 673, inclusive, of Article 43 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition, as amended), title "Health", sub-
title "Sanitary Districts", be and they are hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments; that a new sub-section 645 (e) be and is
hereby added to said Article and sub-title, to follow immediately
after sub-section 645 (d) thereof and existing sub-sections 645 (e)
to 645 (k), inclusive, be and they are hereby renumbered accordingly;
that a new sub-section 649 (e) be and is hereby added to said Article
and sub-title, to follow immediately after sub-section 649 (d) thereof;
that a new sub-section 650 (b) (16) be and is hereby added to said
Article and sub-title, to follow immediately after sub-section 650 (b)
(15); that Section 652 be and is hereby divided into sub-sections
652 (a), (b), (c), and a new sub-section 652 (d) be and is hereby
added to said Article and sub-title, to follow immediately after sub-
section 652 (c) thereof; that a new sub-section 654 (d) be and is
hereby added to said Article and sub-title, to follow immediately after
sub-section 654 (c) thereof; and a new sub-section 671 (d) be and is
hereby added to said Article and sub-title to follow immediately after
sub-section 671 (c) thereof; and all to read as follows:

645. 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 cor-