2060                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND                                    Ch. 72 3

In the event the county commissioners of Frederick
County, prior to the effective date of this chapter, shall
have caused a district (a body politic and corporate) to be
created in Frederick County pursuant to the provisions of
section 645 to 673, inclusive, of Article 43 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume), the
Frederick County Metropolitan Commission shall replace and
succeed such district as of the effective date of this
chapter. The said commissioners serving as the governing
body of such district pursuant to section 649 of said
Article 43 shall, on the effective date of this chapter, be
deemed to have been appointed by the board of county
commissioners of Frederick County under this chapter and
shall be members of the Frederick County Metropolitan
Commission, and the terms of such members shall be
prescribed by the said board of county commissioners in
accordance with section 10A—1(A) of this chapter. All
property now owned by such district including, without
limitation, any land, structures, improvements and buildings
thereon, and any streambed, waterway, water rights, or
watershed, and any rights, privileges, appurtenances and
advantages thereto belonging, either in fee or as an
easement, either within or without Frederick County, shall,
on the effective date of this chapter, be deemed to be owned
by the Frederick County Metropolitan Commission. The said
metropolitan commission shall cause to be filed, on the
effective date of this chapter, with the clerk of the
circuit court of any county within which any land,
structures, improvements and buildings thereon, and any
streambed, waterway, water rights, or watershed, and any
rights, privileges, appurtenances and advantages thereto
belonging, now owned by such district, all documents or
certificates necessary to evidence such change of ownership.
Such district shall cease to exist as a body politic and
corporate on the effective date of this chapter, and it
shall not thereafter be necessary for the board of county
commissioners of Frederick County or such district or the
said commission to file any ordinance, resolution,
certificate or articles of amendment with any person or
agency except as specifically required by this chapter.]

[10A-19.] 10A-25.

(a) For the purpose of paying the interest on and
principal of the bonds issued by [said commission] THE
COUNTY as in this chapter provided for the water [supply,]
AND sewerage[, or drainage[ systems to be constructed,
purchased, or established under this chapter, the
[commission] BOARD may fix an annual assessment on all
properties, improved or unimproved, binding upon a street,
road, lane, alley, or right of way in which a water main[,]
OR sewer[, or drain] has been built. The annual assessment
shall be made upon the front foot basis, and the first
payment shall be collected during the year in which the
construction is completed on the water supply[,] OR
sewerage[, or drainage systems,] SYSTEM; or in which the
systems are purchased or acquired. All sums collected by