1330                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 839

mote relations for the commission; the duties of the treasurer, in ac-
cordance with directions of the commission, shall include, but not be
limited to, administrative performance and authority to maintain
a proper and effective utilities accounting system for all financial
transactions of the commission, and to perform such other duties
respecting the financial affairs of the commission as may be required
by law or by directive of the commission. All acts, orders and regu-
lations heretofore passed by said commission while sitting in the
District of Columbia are hereby ratified and confirmed and are to
be given the same force and effect as if passed in the State of Mary-
land. Said commission shall annually publish in at least one news-
paper in Montgomery County, and one in Prince George's County,
a full and true account of its receipts, expenses and expenditures;
said commission shall employ a certified public accountant, certified
to practice as a public accountant in the State of Maryland, to audit
its books and accounts. Said commission shall always keep available
and open to public inspection during business hours, at its principal
office, a detailed audit and financial statement of its accounts. The
commission shall file with the county commissioners of Prince
George's County and the county council of Montgomery County,
annually, a certified copy of such detailed audit and financial
statement.

(B)   Said commission is authorized to formulate and adopt a pension
or retirement plan for its employees including the right to contract
with any established insurance company or insurance companies for
a group, annuity, retirement or pension plan, and to contribute so
much thereto as it may deem equitable, or be required to pay under
any contract, and such contribution or payment shall be charged as
expenses of the several departments of the commission in the same
proportion that the receipts of the respective department bear to
the total receipts of the commission.

(C)   The General Assembly of Maryland hereby finds, determines
and declares that the term "Municipal Corporation" in Article HE of
the Constitution of Maryland does not embrace or include the Wash-
ington Suburban Sanitary District which was incorporated by Chap-
ter 122 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1918.
That the Washington Suburban Sanitary District cannot be classified
in any group of Municipal Corporations as required by said Article
HE, and that said Article 11E therefore has no application to the
Washington Suburban Sanitary District.

SEC. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT IN THE
CASE OF AN INCONSISTENCY, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
ACT SHALL SUPERSEDE AND PREVAIL OVER ANY OTHER
AMENDMENT TO THIS SECTION AND SUPERSEDE ANY
OTHER LAWS PERTAINING TO THIS SECTION PASSED BY
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT THIS SESSION.

Sec. 23. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved May 4, 1965.