J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      653

County Council and by the County Commissioners, of both Mont-
gomery and Prince George's Counties, which guarantee shall be in
the form and under the provisions of Section 5 of said Chapter 122,
or any amendment thereof or any section enacted in lieu thereof. The
Commission may, however, at its option, waive the guarantee of the
counties herein prescribed.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the proceeds of said bonds
shall be used for the purpose of enlarging, increasing and augmenting
the water supply of the area served by said Commission, including
the construction or enlargement of any impounding reservoir, filter
plant, filtered water storage structure, or pumping station, and all
the necessary pipe lines and accessories appurtenant thereto, and
the construction of major supply lines and reinforcing mains.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of retiring
bonds authorized to be issued by this Act, and payment of the interest
thereon, there shall be levied against all of the assessable property
within the Sanitary District, by the County Council and by the
County Commissioners of Montgomery and Prince George's Counties,
annually, so long as said bonds are outstanding and not paid, a tax
sufficient to meet the interest on said bonds, and to pay the principal
thereof as the said principal and interest mature or become due; said
tax shall be determined, levied, collected and paid over to said Com-
mission in the manner provided by Section 6 of said Chapter 122, or
any amendment thereof, and all of the provisions of said Section 6
shall apply to the bonds issued hereunder.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That said Commission shall
annually determine the amount necessary to meet the principal and
interest requirements of said bonds, and shall annually fix the water
service charge of said District at such a sum as to produce, in
addition to the costs of said service, and the requirements of any
other bonds issued and outstanding, the annual requirements of which
are to be paid out of said water service, the amount determined as
necessary to pay the annual requirements of the bonds hereby author-
ized. The sum so collected annually from water service charges shall
be deducted from the amount which the Commission has determined
to be necessary to be raised by direct taxation upon certification to the
County Council and to the County Commissioners of said counties.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That any guarantee of any water
supply bonds heretofore made by the County Council of Montgomery
County and the County Commissioners of Prince George's County
be and the same is hereby ratified and confirmed.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That if any word, phrase, clause,
sentence or any part or parts of this Act shall be held unconstitutional
by any court of competent jurisdiction such unconstitutionality shall
not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this Act or of any
other section thereof.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1963.

Approved April 17, 1963.