1260                             Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 743

the office of the Commission and after not less than five days'
notice of the time and place of said hearing by advertisement pub-
lished in one newspaper published within the County, and by per-
sonal notices addressed to any one or more persons whose names
are signed to said petition. After due hearing as aforesaid.] If,
within ten days after the date of any such hearing, not less than
twenty-five persons owning property which will be subject to tax,
assessment or charge to pay the cost of any project considered at
such hearing, shall file with the Commission a written petition
protesting any such project and setting forth the reason or reasons
for any such protest, then the Commission shall decide upon the
reasonableness of the objections stated in the petition; and shall
dispose of the same by written order concurred in by a majority of
the [Commissioners] members of the Commission, which order shall
be published in the same manner as notices are herein required to
be published and a copy of which shall be mailed to any one or more
of the petitioners. If the petitioners, or any of them, are not satis-
fied with the Commission's decision they shall have the right to
take and enter, within ten days after the last publication of said
order as aforesaid, an appeal to the [governing body of said county
who] County, which shall review the Commission's decision and
decide as to the necessity and propriety of the [improvement]
project contemplated and whether the District can stand the cost of
the same [; if the petitioners are not satisfied with the governing
body of said county's decision, they shall have ten days in which
to file an appeal in writing in the Circuit Court of said County].
If the County shall reject any such protest, then the petitioners
making the same shall be deemed to have exhausted their adminis-
trative remedies. Within thirty days after any such decision of the
County, any such petitioner or petitioners may file suit in the Cir-
cuit Court for Washington County against the County, the District
or the Commission, or all of them, for such further remedies as
may be available to such petitioner or petitioners at law or in
equity, and such petitioner or petitioners shall be deemed to have
standing to file any such suit notwithstanding the absence of any
allegation of special damage. The Court may hear any such suit
de novo or, in its discretion, without additional testimony, upon
the written record made before the Commission and the County,
which shall be certified to the Court, upon its order. THE FILING
OF ANY PETITION, APPEAL OR SUIT AUTHORIZED BY THIS
SECTION SHALL SERVE TO STAY ANY FURTHER ACTION
BY THE DISTRICT ON ANY SUCH PROJECT UNTIL FINAL
DETERMINATION OF ANY SUCH PROCEEDING.

534. General Obligation Bonds: Issue: Form Guarantee.

(a) [For the purpose of providing funds for the design, construc-
tion, establishment, purchase or condemnation of water supply, sew-
erage and drainage systems in any of the sanitary districts, the
Commission of any particular District is authorized and empowered
to issue bonds, from time to time, upon the full faith and credit of
the county in which said District is located, in such amounts as it
may deem to be necessary to carry on its work, but at no time shall
the total issue of bonds in any sanitary district for all purposes
under this sub-title exceed twenty-five per centum of the total value
of the property assessed for county taxation purposes within said
sanitary district] For the purpose of paying all or any part of the