3752

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 707

construction or enlargement of any impounding reservoir,
filter plant, filtered water storage structure, or pumping
station, and all the necessary pipe lines and accessories
appurtenant thereto, and the construction of major supply
lines and reinforcing mains.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That for the
purpose of retiring bonds authorized to be issued by this
Act, and payment of the interest thereon, there shall be
levied against all of the assessable property within the
Sanitary District, by the County Council of Montgomery
County and by the County Council of Prince George's County,
or the governing body for each county, respectively, as may
be provided by law or instrument of Charter, if adopted,
annually, so long as the bonds are outstanding and not paid,
a tax sufficient to meet the interest on the bonds, and to
pay the principal thereof as the principal and interest
mature or become due; the tax shall be determined, levied,
collected and paid over to the Commission in the manner
provided by Section 6 of Chapter 122, or any amendment
thereof, and all of the provisions of Section 6 shall apply
to the bonds issued hereunder.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
Commission shall annually determine the amount necessary to
meet the principal and interest requirements of the bonds,
and shall annually fix the water service charge of the
District at such a sum as to produce, in addition to the
costs of the service, and the requirements of any other
bonds issued and outstanding, the annual requirements of
which are to be paid out of the water service, the amount
determined as necessary to pay the annual requirements of
the bonds hereby authorized. The sum so collected annually
from water service charges 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
Councils of Montgomery and Prince George's Counties, or such
governing body for each county, respectively, as may be
provided by law or instrument of Charter, if adopted.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That any
guarantee of any water supply bonds heretofore made by the
County Council of Montgomery County and the County Council
of Prince George's County, or such governing body for each
county, respectively, as may be provided by law or
instrument of Charter, if adopted, be and the same is hereby
ratified and confirmed.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any
word, phrase, clause, sentence or any part or parts of this
Act shall be held unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction such unconstitutionality shall not affect the
validity of the remaining parts of this Act or of any other
section thereof.