Ch. 104                             MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                  165

placed upon said diseased trees by the Secretary and the owner thereof notified
personally or by a written notice left at his usual place of residence, or by leaving
the notice with the person in charge of the trees or fruit, or in whose possession the
same may be, said notice to contain a simple statement of the facts as found to
exist, with an order to effectually remove and destroy by fire the trees so marked
within fifteen days from the date of the service of said notice, and in case of fruit
so infected, such notice shall require the person in whose possession or control it is
found to immediately destroy the same or cause IT to be destroyed by fire.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved April 26, 1973.

CHAPTER 104
(Senate Bill 764)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 439W and 439X of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Carroll County (1965 Edition, being Article 7
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Carroll County," subtitle
"Carroll County Sanitary Commission," as added by Chapter 754 of the Acts
of 1967; relating generally to liens placed on properties of homeowners who
have failed to pay the charges for installation of water and sewer facilities by
the Carroll County Sanitary Commission; and correcting obsolete references to
trial magistrates.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 439W and 439X of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Carroll County (1965 Edition, being Article 7 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland), title "Carroll County," subtitle "Carroll County Sanitary
Commission," as added by Chapter 754 of the Acts of 1967, be and they are
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

439W.

Front foot benefit assessments, water and sewer system upkeep changes,
connection charges, and other charges which the Commission is empowered to
make shall be liens upon the property served or benefited and, in addition to being
enforced by actions at law, may be enforced by a bill in equity against the property
so served or benefited. IN ADDITION TO BEING ENFORCED BY ACTIONS
AT LAW AND A BILL IN EQUITY, THE COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR, IF
DIRECTED BY THE COMMISSION AND APPROVED BY THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS, SHALL SELL THE PROPERTY OF THE
DELINQUENT PROPERTY OWNER IN THE SAME MANNER AS
OTHER PROPERTIES ARE SOLD AT TAX SALE. The liens shall be subject
only to liens for State and county taxes. Such charges shall be due when made and
after [sixty (60)] NINETY (90) days from that date shall bear interest at the rate
of one-half per centum (1/2%) per month. Neither the due dates nor the interval
between such dates need be uniform throughout the county.

439X.