HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(f) Any person violating the provisions of this
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than five nor more than
fifty dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days,
or both, in the discretion of the court.

17-4. Incinerator in Prince George's County; bonds; water,
etc., rates.

(A)  It shall be the duty of the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission to construct, as soon as practicable, on
some convenient site to be selected by it, an incinerator of
a modern type for the disposal of garbage, trash, rubbish,
refuse or junk in Prince George's County.

(B)  For the purpose of defraying the cost of such
construction, including the necessary equipment and
accessories, the commission is authorized to issue its bonds
or notes, under its hand and seal, in a sum [not to exceed
$50,000.00 with interest not to exceed 5% per annum] AS
PROVIDED IN § 4-4 OF THIS ARTICLE, maturing serially, in
such amounts annually as may be fixed by [said] THE
commission, but all payable within a period of twenty years
from date, and [said] THE bonds or notes shall be sold as
the general construction bonds of [said] THE commission are
now sold; and for the purpose of paying interest on [said]
THE bonds and principal of the same as they become due,
[said] THE commission is authorized to make and fix a
reasonable schedule of charges for the reception and
disposal of all garbage, trash, rubbish, refuse or junk.
The receipts therefrom including the permit fees heretofore
authorized, shall, after payment for the operation of [said]
THE plant, be applied toward the payment of principal and
interest, and in the event that the net proceeds of [said]
THE fees and charges are not sufficient to meet the carrying
charges of [said] THE bonds or notes, [said] THE commission
is authorized to pay the difference out of the general water
receipts provided for in chapter 122, Acts of 1918 provided,
however, that in the event part of the [said] water receipts
is used for the carrying charges of [said] THE bonds or
notes, the commission shall adjust the water rates, either
consumption charge or service charge, in its discretion, on
all property served by the commission to the extent
necessary to meet [said] THE deduction, which charges may be
changed from year to year under the provisions of chapter
122 of the Acts of 1918. It [being] IS the purpose of
sections [83-98 and 83-99] 17-3 AND 17-4 to establish
uniform fees and a uniform method of retiring bonds as to
any one or more incinerators heretofore erected, or to be
built by [said] THE commission within the sanitary district.
The water rates throughout the district shall be uniformly
adjusted, when and if an incinerator is erected in
Montgomery County for the purpose of retiring the bonds
representing the cost of such an incinerator or
incinerators, and the cost of the erection of the
incinerator heretofore built in Prince George's County.