J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      963

not have meters available to install in all the properties in a given
locality that are connected to the system, then a flat rate shall be
charged all properties in which meters have not yet been installed,
which rate shall be uniform in each sanitary district and based upon
the amount of water used. Bills for the amount of the charges as
above specified shall be sent quarterly or semi-annually, as the
Commission may determine, to each property served, and shall be
thereon payable at the office of the Commission; and if any bill
remains unpaid after thirty days from date of sending, the Com-
mission shall, after written notice left upon the premises or mailed
to the last known address of the owner, turn off the water from the
property in question, and the water shall not be turned on again
until said bill shall have been paid, including a penalty of [Two
Dollars ($2.00)] Fifteen Dollars ($15.00). FIVE DOLLARS ($5.00).
If any bill shall remain unpaid for sixty days after being sent by the
Commission, it shall be collectible from the owner of the property
served in the same manner as other debts are collectible in the
County and said ready-to-serve charge, other service charges and all
penalties shall be a first lien against said property.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved May 4, 1965.

CHAPTER 695
(Senate Bill 551)

AN ACT relating to The Maryland-National Capital Park and Plan-
ning Commission and the Maryland-Washington Metropolitan Dis-
trict; to add a new section to Chapter 780 of the Acts of 1959, as
amended, said section to be numbered 22E, to follow immediately
after Section 22D of said Chapter, said Section 22D being added
to said Chapter by Chapter 579 of the Acts of 1963, the purpose of
this Act being to add to, and include in, the Lower Montgomery
County Metropolitan District, all of that area which presently is in
the Upper Montgomery County Metropolitan District.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Chapter 780 of the Acts of 1959, as amended, is hereby amended
by the addition of a new section to be numbered 22E, to follow im-
mediately after Section 22D, which was enacted by Chapter 579 of
the Acts of 1963, to read as follows:

22E. 1965 Addition to Lower Montgomery County Metropolitan
District.—The boundaries of the Lower Montgomery County Metro-
politan District are extended by the addition thereto of all of that
area within Montgomery County which, until the effective date of
this Act, was in the Upper Montgomery County Metropolitan Dis-
trict.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate