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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 767

shall have the same right to condemn land as it now has
under existing law for the condemnation of land for the
construction of its water and sewer lines, which right shall
extend to any needed land beyond the boundaries of the
sanitary district.

(d)  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
$200,000 with interest as provided in § 4-4 of this article,
maturing serially, in such amounts annually as may be fixed
by the commission, but all payable within a period of twenty
years from date, and the bonds or notes shall be sold as the
general construction bonds of the commission are now sold;
and for the purpose of paying interest on the bonds and
principal of the same as they become due, 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, after the payment of
the costs of operation shall be applied toward the payment
of principal and interest, and in the event that the net
proceeds of the fees and charges are not enough to meet the
carrying charges of the bonds or notes, the commission is
authorized to pay the difference out of the general water
receipts provided for in this article; provided, however,
that in the event part of the water receipts are used for
the carrying charges of 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 the
adjustment, which charges may be changed from year to year
under the provisions of this article.

(e)  The commission may exempt from the operation of
this section, with the approval of the county health
officer, any person, firm or institution residing in the
above defined boundaries, engaged in feeding garbage to
hogs.

(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 as provided in §