J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      765

tricts," relating to an annual audit of accounts of the Cecil County
Metropolitan Commission, the authority of the County Commis-
sioners to arbitrate limits of sanitary districts, and making it
discretionary for the Commission to levy taxes against all assess-
able property within the sanitary districts.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 411 (c), 413 (c) and 417 (a) of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Cecil County (1961 Edition, being Article 8 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Cecil County," sub-
title "Sanitary Districts," be and they are hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

411.

(c) All moneys deposited shall be protected by a depository bond,
or by such other securities as may be approved by the said Commis-
sion. The Secretary-Treasurer shall give bond to the State of Mary-
land for not less than $25,000 with a good and sufficient surety to be
approved by the said Commissioners, with the condition "that if the
above bounden ..... shall well and faithfully execute his office and
shall account to the said Commission for all moneys which he shall
receive for account of the Commission, or be answerable for by law,
then the said obligation to be void, otherwise to be and remain in full
force and effect." The said bond, when approved, shall be recorded
in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Cecil County; and
the person so appointed, before entering upon the duties of his office
shall take an oath before the Clerk of the Circuit Court for said
county, in form similar to that taken by collectors of taxes, except
as to the title of the office. The Commission is hereby empowered
to pay the premiums on all bonds. All checks issued by said Com-
mission shall be countersigned by the Chairman. The said Commis-
sion shall annually have its accounts audited by a certified public
accountant, to be selected [by the County Commissioners] and paid
by said Commission, [County Commissioners,] and publish a full,
true and itemized account, under oath, of its receipts and disburse-
ments in a newspaper published in said county.

413.

(c) If fifty (50) property owners residing in said area are dis-
satisfied with the establishment of the district by the Commission
after said hearing, they shall have the right to take and enter within
ten (10) days after said Commission's decision is filed with the Clerk
of the County Commissioners an appeal to the County Commissioners
of Cecil County. The County Commissioners of Cecil County shall
review the decision of the Commission after having given notice by
publication in one or more newspapers published within the county
once a week for three (3) successive weeks and by written notice to
the protestants, which notice shall specify the time and place at which
the hearing will be held. The County Commissioners after reviewing
the facts at said hearing may, in their discretion, reverse the decision
of the Commission or may sustain the decision of the Commission
and they shall have authority to arbitrate the limits of the Sanitary
District, subject to recommendations of the Metropolitan Commission
and the State and County Health Departments, by including or delet-
ing those areas not to be served. If the said property owners are dis-