3158                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 805

SUBTITLE or by any other means which the commission may deem
necessary and proper.

(b)  The [said] Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
and/or the Howard County Metropolitan Commission and/or any
person, firm, corporation or association, including any
private or public service corporation, may determine by
agreement from time to time the costs, rentals, service
charges or other fees entered into under this agreement.

(c)  In the event, however, that [said] THE commission
and any party who may desire water service from the system
authorized under this [subheading] SUBTITLE cannot agree as
to the reasonableness of the charge therefor, the public
service commission of Maryland is hereby given jurisdiction
to determine the amount of such charge and its determination
shall be final and binding upon all parties concerned.

15-3. Maintenance and operation of system.

(a)  The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission is
authorized to enter into any contract or agreement with the
Howard County Metropolitan Commission for the maintenance
and operation of the portions of the water system or systems
of the Howard County Metropolitan Commission which are
supplied from the system or systems of the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission. In the event that such
contract or agreement shall provide that the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission shall maintain and operate such
portions of the water system or systems of the Howard County
Metropolitan Commission then and in that event the operating
control of [said] THE systems or portions thereof of the
Howard County Metropolitan Commission shall belong
exclusively to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission,
which shall bill and collect all fees and charges incident
to the maintenance and operation of [said] THE systems or
the use of water therefrom.

(b)  In the event that such fees and charges shall
remain unpaid for a period of thirty days from date of
mailing 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 bill 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.

15-4. Connections to system.

Whenever the water systems of Howard County are
supplied with water from systems owned and operated by the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, then the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission may formulate rules and
regulations requiring water use saving devices, curtailing