916                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 607

Maryland, title "Prince George's County", sub-title "Washington
Suburban Sanitary District", said section being also Section 74-44d
of the Montgomery County Code (1955 Edition), being Article 16
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Montgomery
County", sub-title "Washington Suburban Sanitary District", as
said sections were last repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
by Chapter 650 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland
of 1955, relating generally to sewer usage charges and authorizing
the Commission to fix a sewer usage charge for sewer service to
a property not connected to the water system in lieu of charging
a fixed annual sum therefor.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 1579 (d) of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince
George's County (1953 Edition), being Article 17 of the Code of
Public Local Laws of Maryland, title "Prince George's County", sub-
title "Washington Suburban Sanitary District", said section being
also Section 74-44d of the Montgomery County Code (1955 Edition),
being Article 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, title
"Montgomery County", sub-title "Washington Suburban Sanitary
District", as said sections were last repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, by Chapter 650 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland of 1955, be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

1579 (74-44) (d) For the purpose of retiring the bonds authorized
to be issued by this section and the payment of the interest thereon
and for the purpose of paying for the cost of the maintenance of its
sewerage system and its disposal facilities, including the overhead
expense and proper depreciation allowance, and payments to the Com-
missioners of the District of Columbia for disposal of Sanitary Dis-
trict sewage, said Commission shall be empowered and directed to
make a sewer usage charge, chargeable against all properties con-
nected to said Commission's sewerage system. Said charges shall be
based upon the water consumption of the properties connected to the
sewerage system, except that where the Commission furnishes sewer-
age service to a property which is not connected to the Commission's
water system the Commission shall [charge a flat rate against each
of such properties in the sum of $10.00 per year, which sum shall be
payable semi-annually.] make a sewer usage charge on an annual,
semi-annual, or monthly basis, which will fairly and ratably compen-
sate the Commission for the use of the sewerage system by such prop-
erty, and in fixing the charge for properties not connected to the
water system the Commission shall take into consideration the usage
made of the sewerage system by such property and the sewer usage
charge applicable to like or similar properties connected to the water
system. In the event that water furnished by the Commission to any
lot or parcel of land shall be used exclusively for any purpose which
results in the water not entering the sewerage system of the Com-
mission, then and in that event the owner, tenant or occupant of such
lot or parcel shall not be charged a sewer usage charge for the water
so used, provided, however, that the owner, tenant or occupant of
such lot or parcel shall pay to the Commission the cost of installing
such a separate metered connection as well as an annual amount equal
to the Commission's annual water service charge for the size of the
meter so installed for measuring the water so used and which meter