MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                      1485

trict, issued under the provisions of this subtitle or of any other law
after July 1, 1968, shall bear interest at a rate not in excess of six
per centum (6%) per annum, [. N] notwithstanding any other pro-
visions of this subtitle to the contrary. [, after said date the maximum
rate of interest of any obligation issued by the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission in its name or in the name of the Washington
Suburban Sanitary District shall bear interest at a rate not in excess
of six per centum (6%) per annum.]

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved May 14, 1969.

CHAPTER 652
(House Bill 295)

AN ACT relating to the Washington Suburban Sanitary District, re-
pealing and re-enacting, with amendments, subsection (d) of
Section 83-71 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince George's
County (1963 Edition), being also subsection (d) of Section 71-19
of the Montgomery County Code (1965 Edition), being Articles
17 and 16, respectively, of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland, titles "Prince George's County" and "Montgomery
County," both subtitled "Washington Suburban Sanitary District,"
as said subsection was last repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, by Chapter 161 of the Acts of 1968, relating to the suspen-
sion of the imposition of benefit charges and ad valorem taxes with
respect to properties connected to a public water or sewer system
operated by a municipality or company subject to public regula-
tion, and making provision for the exclusion from the taxing
district of the Washington Suburban Sanitary District of prop-
erties with respect to which the ad valorem tax has been sus-
pended, with the exclusion to obtain during the period of tax
suspension only.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That subsection (d) of Section 83-71 of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Prince George's County (1963 Edition), being also Sec-
tion 71-19 of the Montgomery County Code (1965 Edition), and
being Articles 17 and 16, respectively, of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland, titles "Prince George's County" and "Mont-
gomery County," subtitle "Washington Suburban Sanitary District,"
as the same was last repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, by
Chapter 161 of the Acts of 1968, be and it is repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

83-71. (71-19).

(d) In classifying property and levying said front foot benefit
charge, any irregularly shaped lot abutting upon a road, street,
lane, alley, right of way or easement in which there is or is being
constructed a water main or sewer shall be assessed for the frontage
determined by the Commission to be reasonable and fair. Wherever