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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 739

reasonable basis as the [Commission] BOARD may determine and
shall be collected annually 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] COUNTY and shall be a lien
against such property. Such charges shall be based upon
such classifications as the [Commission] BOARD from time to
time may establish and shall be uniform throughout each
[sanitary] system within each such classification; provided,
however, that no charge for the upkeep of water and [sewer]
SEWERAGE systems shall be made against any property in any
year for which such property is currently subject to a front
foot benefit assessment as elsewhere in this subtitle
provided.

15-23.

Front foot benefit assessments, DRAINAGE AND
ASSESSMENTS, water and sewer system upkeep [changes]
CHARGES, connection charges, and other charges which the
[Commission] BOARD 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] BOARD,
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
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] CARROLL COUNTY.

15-24.

Every act or omission designated as a misdemeanor in
this subtitle unless otherwise provided, shall be punishable
by any District Court, and the offender upon conviction, is
subject to a fine not exceeding [one hundred dollars
($100.00)] $100 or to confinement in the county jail for not
more than [thirty (30)] 30 days, or both in the discretion
of the District Court. If the act or omission is of a
continuing nature and is persisted in, in violation of the
provisions of this subtitle or of any rule or regulation
formulated thereunder, a conviction for one offense shall
not be a bar to the conviction for a continuation of such
offense subsequent to the first or any succeeding
conviction.

15-25.

The [Commission] BOARD may prescribe all needful rules
and regulations for the administration and enforcement of
this subtitle [, but no such rule or regulation shall become
final or binding until it has been approved by a resolution