962                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [CH. 694

applicable to payments of interest and principal on said bonds as
hereinbefore and hereinafter in the sub-title provided; it shall deter-
mine the number of cents per $100.00 necessary to raise the said
amount for each such sanitary district and shall certify the same
to the Board of County Commissioners. The said County Commis-
sioners in their next annual levy shall levy said tax on all land and
improvements and all other property assessed for county tax pur-
poses within the respective sanitary district, which tax shall be
levied and collected and have the same priority rights, bear the
same interest and penalties and in every respect be treated the same
as county taxes. The tax so levied for the ensuing year shall be
collected by the tax collecting authorities and every sixty days they
shall remit the whole amount of the tax so collected to the Commis-
sion. From the money so received, together with the amount in hand
to the credit of said bond fund, the Commission shall first pay all
interest and principal on said bonds as it becomes due, and shall
then deposit the residue of said moneys in some bank or banks in
said County to the joint credit of the County Commissioners and
the Commission. The Commission is authorized to pay the interest
on any bonds it may issue out of the proceeds of the sale of said
bonds, but not more than one year's interest may be so expended.

In order that the prompt payment of interest and the proper
provision for the payment of the principal of said bonds shall be
assured, the prompt and proper performance of the respective acts
and duties heretofore defined is specifically enjoined, and any failure
upon the part of any person, persons, body corporate or agent to
perform the necessary acts and duties hereafter set forth, to pay
over the said funds as required, or to use said funds [or any part
thereof for any other purpose than] for the payment of the principal
and interest on said bonds, is hereby declared a misdemeanor and
punishable as other misdemeanors are punishable by Section 21 of
this sub-title.

187.

For the purpose of providing funds for maintenance, repairing
and operating its water supply, sewerage or drainage systems, and
for its operation and other expenses, including proper depreciation
allowances, and for interest on, and the retirement of bonds as speci-
fied in this sub-title, the Commission is hereby empowered to make
a ready-to-serve charge on water and a charge for the upkeep of
sewers chargeable against all properties having a connection with
any water pipe or sewer pipe under its supervision or ownership.
Said rate for both ready-to-serve and such charge for the upkeep
on sewers shall be uniform throughout such sanitary district, subject
to such changes from time to time as may be [neceessary] necessary.
The charge for the upkeep on sewers shall be reasonable and col-
lected annually in the same manner as benefit assessments are col-
lected and shall be a first lien against all property having a con-
nection with any sewer pipe under its supervision or ownership. The
rates for water service shall consist of a minimum or ready-to-serve
charge, which shall be based upon the size of the meter on the water
connection leading to the property, and of a charge for water used,
which shall be based upon the amount of water passing through the
meter during the period between the last two readings, said meter
being required to be placed on each water connection by and at the
sole expense of the Commission. If the Commission at any time shall