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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 159

[benefit] DEBT SERVICE charge for the construction of
said water main or sewer, provided, said Commission shall
classify [said] THE property and determine a [front foot]
DEBT SERVICE charge to be paid by [said] THE property
owner as though his or her property abutted upon [said]
THE water main or sewer; and in the event of [such] THE
connection being made, [said] THE property owner and
[said] THE property as to all charges, rates and
[benefits] ASSESSMENTS shall stand in every respect in
the same position as if the [said] property abutted upon
a water main or sewer.

(f) [Said benefit] THE DEBT SERVICE charge shall
be payable at the office of the Commission as such times
as determined by the Commission. [and the] IF ANY CHARGES
REMAIN UNPAID FOR A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS FROM THE DUE DATE
OF PAYMENT, A LATE CHARGE AT THE RATE OF 1 1/2 PERCENT
PER MONTH SHALL BE MADE until all delinquent charges are
paid, THE LATE CHARGE TO BE IN ADDITION TO ALL OTHER
CHARGES. THE entire unpaid [benefit] DEBT SERVICE charge
shall be overdue and in default after sixty (60) days
from the due date of payment of all or a part of the
[benefit] DEBT SERVICE charge as required by the
Commission at which time the Commission may proceed to
enforce payment thereof.[; and the said benefit charge
and any judgment or decree obtained as a result of
default in payment shall bear interest at the rate of one
half of one per centum (1/2%) per month from and after
the time said benefit assessment or other charges are in
default.] The annual [benefit] DEBT SERVICE assessment
or other charges as above specified shall be a first lien
upon the property against which they are assessed until
paid, any statute of limitations to the contrary
notwithstanding, subject only to prior State and county
taxes, and if any property be sold for State and/or
county taxes or both by the Treasurer of said county; and
if after sale there is a surplus after all costs and
expenses incident to such sale shall have been paid, then
the said Commission upon proper petition to the Circuit
Court for [said] THE county shall be allowed any balance
from said surplus, and shall be preferred lien or to the
extent of its lien; and for the purpose of giving notice
to the general public as to existing liens and charges
against any property within any sanitary district
abutting upon any water or sever main, the [said]
Commission shall keep a public record of all names of
owners of property, locations of said property, lot
numbers when of record, and the amount of [such benefit]
THE DEBT SERVICE charges, water service charges or such
other charges that may become liens from time to time.
Said records shall be kept in the County Seat of
government and among the land records of St. Mary's
County, and the Clerk of the Circuit Court for [said] THE
county shall furnish [such] THE space [as may be]