580                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 249

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 658(a) of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1965 Replacement Volume), title "Health," subtitle "Sani-
tary Districts," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

658.

(a) For the purpose of retiring the bonds authorized to be is-
sued by this subtitle and of paying the interest thereon, the com-
mission shall cause to be levied, against all [assessable] real prop-
erty within said sanitary districts for which said bonds have been
issued, and may cause to be levied, against all assessable personal
property within said district, by the governing body of the county
or counties in which said sanitary districts are located annually so
long as any of said bonds are outstanding and not paid, a tax
sufficient to provide such sum as the commission may deem suf-
ficient and necessary, in conjunction with any amounts that the
commission may estimate that it will be able to collect out of the
benefit assessments therefor levied by it but not yet paid and any
further funds then available for the purpose, to meet the interest
on said bonds as it becomes due and to pay the principal thereof
as the bonds mature, and said tax shall be determined, levied,
collected and paid over in the manner following, that is to say, at
least sixty days before the tax levying period of each year, the
governing body or governing bodies of the county or counties in
which a sanitary district or sanitary districts lie shall certify to the
commission the whole valuation of the [assessable] property to be
so taxed within each sanitary district. The commission shall then
determine in the manner above prescribed the amount which it
deems necessary to be raised during the ensuing year for the pay-
ment of interest and principal of all bonds maturing in said year,
and after deducting all amounts in hand or in contemplation ap-
plicable to payments of interest and principal on said bonds as
hereinbefore and hereinafter in this subtitle 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 governing body or governing bodies of the county or counties
in which such sanitary district or sanitary districts lie. The said
governing body or governing bodies in their next annual levy shall
levy said ad valorem tax on all land and improvements and all
other property [assessed for county tax purposes] to be so taxed
within the respective sanitary district or, in the case of a sanitary
district lying in two or more counties, within that portion of the
respective sanitary district lying within a particular county, 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 respective tax collecting authorities and
every sixty days they shall remit the whole amount of the tax so
collected to the commission to the credit of the district. From the
money so received, together with the amount in hand applicable
to payments of interest and principal on said bonds as hereinbefore
and hereinafter in this subtitle provided, the commission shall first
pay all interest and principal on said bonds as the same become
due, and shall then deposit the residue of said moneys received
from the levy of the ad valorem tax herein authorized in some bank