1216                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 782

of both Montgomery 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 augment-
ing the water supply of the area served by said Commission, includ-
ing 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, AND AGAINST ALL OF THE AS-
SESSABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE RURAL WATER AREAS
WHICH IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENT PURSUANT TO THE
LAWS CREATING AND EXTENDING SUCH RURAL WATER
AREAS, 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 de-
termined, levied, collected and paid over to said Commission in the
manner provided by Section 6 of said Chapter 122, or any amend-
ment 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 addi-
tion 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 neces-
sary to pay the annual requirements of the bonds hereby authorized.
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 his THIS Act shall be held uncon-
stitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction such unconstitu-
tionally shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this
Act or of any other section thereof.