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(f)  The Director of Finance of Howard County shall, at the direction
of the County Executive, deduct any penalty chargeable under the provi-
sions of this section from the cash deposit set out in the security fund
section of this Act. Notice of any deduction shall be sent within three (3)
days of the deduction. The Grantee shall remit the amount of any deduc-
tion to the Director of Finance. The amount that is remitted shall be
applied to the security fund. The security fund shall, at all times, remain
at the amount set out under the provisions of this subtitle.

(g)   For failure to restore the cash deposit as required in Sections
14.717, 14.719 within the specified thirty (30) days, the entire cash de-
posit remaining (if any), and the full amount of the performance bond
shall be forfeited.

In cases where the Grantee is of the opinion that the requirements of
this section are unreasonable, appeal may be made to the Council, which
shall grant such relief as may be appropriate.

14.729. Sundry Provisions.

(a)  Every direction, notice, or order to be served upon the Grantee
shall be sent to its office located in the District. Every notice to be served
upon Howard County shall be delivered, or sent by certified mail (postage
prepaid), to Howard County Courthouse, Ellicott City, Maryland. The de-
livery or mailing of such notice, direction, or order, shall be equivalent
to direct personal notice, direction or order, and shall be deemed to have
been given at the time of delivery.

(b)  Within five (5) days of receipt thereof, the Grantee shall mail
to those subscribers designated by the Council a copy of questionnaire to
be provided to the Grantee by the Council. Such questionnaire shall elicit
responses of subscribers as to their appraisal of the service they receive,
and shall be accompanied by an envelope (postage prepaid by the Grantee)
addressed to the Council.

(c)   No provision of a franchise issued pursuant to this Act shall be
modified except by an Act duly adopted by the County Council of Howard
County.

(d)  All the provisions of this Act shall apply to and be incorporated
in any franchise issued pursuant to this Act and shall apply to the
Grantee, its successors and assigns.

(e)   The rights and remedies reserved to the parties by this Act are
cumulative and shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other
rights or remedies which the parties may have with respect to the subject
matter of this Act, and a waiver thereof at any time shall not affect any
other time.

(f)  Howard County hereby reserves to itself, and the Grantee
hereby grants to Howard County, the right to intervene in any suit, action
or proceeding involving any provision of this Act.

(g)  No person may make an authorized connection with any part of
a franchise Community Antenna Television System within Howard County
for the purpose of receiving television signals, radio signals, pictures, pro-
grams, or sound without the authorization or payment to the Grantee.

(h) Specific mention of the materiality of any of the provisions
herein is not intended to be exclusive of any others for the purpose of
determining whether any failure of compliance hereunder is material
and substantial.