HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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usage charge for the water so used, provided, however, that
the owner, tenant or occupant of such lot or parcel shall
pay to the commission the cost of installing such a separate
metered connection as well as an annual amount equal to the
commission's annual water service charge for the size of the
meter so installed for measuring the water so used and which
meter connection upon such payment shall be installed at a
location to be determined by it and shall thereafter be
maintained and exclusively controlled by the commission
under such rules and regulations as the commission may
adopt. Wherever the property of any federal, state or other
agency is exempt from FRONT foot benefit charges and ad
valorem taxes imposed under the provisions of chapter 122 of
the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1918, and
amendments thereto, and [said] THE property is connected to
the commission's sewerage system, the commission shall make
a sewer usage charge against [said] THE property so
connected, with full authority to change the same from time
to time, which charge shall take into consideration the
general tax, and front foot benefit charge levied within the
sanitary district in addition to the regular sewer usage
charge provided herein. The sum so collected annually for
the payment of principal and interest due on outstanding
bonds shall be deducted from the amount which the commission
has determined to be necessary to be raised by direct
taxation upon certification to the county council and to the
county commissioners of said counties. Bills for the amount
of the charges shall be sent monthly, quarterly or
semi-annually, as the commission may determine to each
property connected to the sewerage system, and shall be
thereupon payable at the office of the commission; and if
any bill shall remain unpaid after 30 days from date of
sending, the commission shall after written notice, to be
left upon the premises or mailed to the last known address
of the owner, turn off the water from the property in
question and it shall not be turned on again until [said]
THE bill shall have been paid. If any bills shall remain
unpaid for 60 days after being sent out by the commission it
shall be collectible against the owner of the property
served, in the same manner as other debts are collectible in
the respective counties. The provisions of this section
shall not be construed as authority to repudiate any
existing contracts between the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission and any municipality located within the
Washington Suburban Sanitary District without the consent of
the municipality.

4-11. Surface water drainage bonds.

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
sections 3-7 to 3-12 and section 7-1 and constructing a
storm water or surface drainage system, the commission is
empowered, from time to time, to issue bonds in
denominations and for terms not exceeding 25 years and at
rates [not exceeding 4 percent, as it may determine] AS
PROVIDED IN § 4-4 OF THIS ARTICLE, the bonds to be the
general obligations of the Washington Suburban Sanitary