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sewer by the property owner whose property does not abut on said
water main or sewer and who has not previously thereto paid a bene-
fit charge for the construction of said water main or sewer, provided,
said Commission shall classify said property and determine a front
foot charge to be paid by said property owner as though his or her
property abutted upon said water main or sewer; and in the event
of such connection being made, said property owner and said property
as to all charges, rates and benefits shall stand in every respect in
the same position as if the said property abutted upon a water main
or sewer.

(f) Default. [Said benefit charge] All benefit assessments shall
be payable at the office of the [Commission] County Treasurer im-
mediately upon being levied, and shall be overdue and in default
after sixty (60) days from that day, at which time the Commission
may proceed to enforce payment thereof; and the said benefit
[charge and any judgment or decree obtained as a result of default
in payment] assessments shall bear interest at the rate of one-half
of one per centum per month from and after the time said benefit
[assessment or other charges] assessments are in default.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That subparagraph (e) of
said Section 419 shall hereafter be designated subparagraph (g).

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved May 4, 1965.

CHAPTER 697
(Senate Bill 468)

AN ACT to add new Sections 81-93 to Article 100 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume), title "Work, Labor
and Employment", to follow immediately after Section 80 thereof
and to be under the new sub-title "Wage and Hour Law", estab-
lishing a wage and hour law fixing minimum wages and overtime
rates for employees, with certain exceptions; providing for a
Committee to assist the Commissioner of Labor and Industry in
establishing certain minimum rates; and relating generally to the
wages paid to and the hours worked by employees in this State.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 81-93 be and they are hereby added to Article 100 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume), title
"Work, Labor and Employment", to follow immediately after Section
80 thereof and to be under the new sub-title "Wage and Hour Law",
and to read as follows:

WAGE AND HOUR LAW

81. The General Assembly of the State of Maryland finds that
there are persons employed in some occupations in the State of
Maryland at wages insufficient to provide adequate maintenance and
to protect health.