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owner, shall turn off the water from the property in question; and
the water shall not be turned on again until said bill has been paid,
including a penalty of [three dollars ($3.00)] ten dollars ($10.00).
(2) A charge for the upkeep of water and sewer systems against
all properties having a connection with any water main or sewer
under its operation or ownership. The charge for the upkeep of the
water and sewer system, if any, shall be made upon such reasonable
basis as the Commission may determine and shall be collected an-
nually in the same manner as are front foot benefit assessments
against all property having a connection within a water main or
sewer under the operation or ownership of the Commission and shall
be a lien against such property. Such charges shall be based upon
such classifications as the Commission from time to time may estab-
lish and shall be uniform throughout each sanitary system within
each such classification; provided, however, that no charge tor the
upkeep of water and sewer systems shall be made against any prop-
perty in any year for which such property is currently subject to a
front foot benefit assessment as elsewhere in this subtitle provided.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved May 17, 1971.

CHAPTER 609
(House Bill 1265)

AN ACT to repeal and to re-enact, with amendments, Section
712(f-1) of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970
Replacement Volume), title "Natural Resources," subtitle "Oysters
and Clams," to provide in Worcester County that clam dealers
may have in their possession hard-shell clams having a trans-
verse dimension of less than one inch, subject to a certain con-
dition.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 712 (f-1) of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1970 Replacement Volume), title "Natural Resources,
subtitle "Oysters and Clams," be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

712A. 712.

(f-1) It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his possession
hard-shell clams (Venus mercenaria) having a transverse dimension
of less than one inch. However, in Worcester County, it IT is lawful
for clam dealers to have in their possession hard-shell clams having
a transverse dimension of less than one inch, provided that they
shall offer A BILL OF LADING AS proof that any ALL of these
clam CLAMS were caught or taken in waters outside the State of
Maryland as approved by the Fish and Wildlife Administration.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved May 17, 1971.