3154                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 805

(e)  The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission is
hereby designated as the organization responsible for the
administration, maintenance and operation of [said] THE
flood control and navigation projects. It shall fix the
charges for the use of commercial navigation facilities, the
proceeds of which shall be applied toward maintenance and
operation costs. The [county commissioners of] Prince
George's County [are directed to] COUNCIL SHALL levy
annually upon all of the property assessed for county tax
purposes within the portion of [said] THE sanitary district
in Prince George's County, upon the certification of the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, an ad valorem tax
at a rate necessary to produce annually the sum required to
pay the balance of the annual maintenance and operation
costs of [said] THE flood control and navigation projects.
Should there be a surplus from the charges for the use of
[said] THE facilities after maintenance and operation costs
have been paid, the surplus shall be returned to the county
commissioners of Prince George's County, the
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and
the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission in proportion to
the capital costs contributed by each agency. [Said] THE
surplus shall be applied toward payment of the principal and
interest of [said] THE outstanding bonds.

(f)  The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning
Commission shall have the right to use the lands acquired
for [said] THE flood control and navigation projects for
park purposes so long as such use does not interfere with
the construction, maintenance and operation of [said] THE
flood control and navigation projects, and shall control and
operate recreational facilities within [said] THE projects.

(g) (1) The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
shall not approve any plan, nor enter into any contract or
agreement which is inconsistent with the purposes of the
Capper-Cramton Act, Public Law No. 284, 71st Congress, as
amended, or is inconsistent with any agreement between the
National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
related to the park and parkway system, authorized by [said]
THE Act.

(2) All bonds authorized to be issued under this
section shall be so issued in accordance with the provisions
of sections 35 and 36 of Article 31, Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland (1939 edition), except that limitations on
the maximum maturities of public securities of [said]
Article 31 shall be inapplicable to the bonds authorized to
be issued under this section. All the bonds authorized to
be issued under this section and the interest payable
thereon in the hands of person or persons entitled thereto
from time to time shall be and remain forever exempt from
taxation of any kind or nature whatsoever by the State of
Maryland or by any county, municipality, or other political
subdivision thereof.