4054

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 767

WSSC'S sewerage system. The charges shall be based upon the
water consumption of the properties connected to the
sewerage system, except that where the [commission] WSSC
furnishes sewerage service to a property which is not
connected to the [commission's] WSSC'S water system the
[commission] WSSC shall make a sewer usage charge on an
annual, semi-annual, or monthly basis, which will fairly and
ratably compensate the [commission] WSSC for the use of the
sewerage system by such property, and in fixing the charge
for properties not connected to the water system the
[commission] WSSC shall take into consideration the usage
made of the sewerage system by such property and the sewer
usage charge applicable to like or similar properties
connected to the water system. In the event that water
furnished by the [commission] WSSC to any lot or parcel of
land shall be used exclusively for any purpose which results
in the water not entering the sewerage system of the
[commission] WSSC, then and in that event the owner, tenant
or occupant of such lot or parcel shall not be charged a
sewer 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] WSSC the cost of installing
such a separate metered connection as well as an annual
amount equal to the [commission's] WSSC'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] WSSC under such
rules and regulations as the [commission] WSSC 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 the property is connected to the
[commission's] WSSC'S sewerage system, the [commission] WSSC
shall make a sewer usage charge against 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] WSSC has determined to be necessary to be
raised by direct taxation upon certification to the [county
council and to the county commissioners] COUNTY COUNCILS of
said counties. Bills for the amount of the charges shall be
sent monthly, quarterly or semi-annually, as the
[commission] WSSC may determine to each property connected
to the sewerage system, and shall be thereupon payable at
the office of the [commission] WSSC; and if any bill shall
remain unpaid after 30 days from date of sending, the
[commission] WSSC shall after written notice, to be left
upon the premises or mailed to the last known address of the