The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-09-18

of ratification or rel lection of such re-
port or award by the said Commission,
the parties to such appeal to be ar
ranged in the record of proceedings as
their actual interest may require, sale
appeal to be taken within the time and
subject to the provisions hereinafter
contained If after any of the pro-
ceedings aforesaid it shall be finally de
termined that private or corporate
property or any interest therein is to
be taken for public purposes, then the
entire cost thereof and an damages to
be paid to persons or corporations
found to be damaged by such taking or
use shall be deemed due and payable by
the County Commissioners, and all
benefits found due from the persons or
corporations against whom the same
were assessed as aforesaid shall be due
and payable to the County Commls-
mlssioners, and such assessment or
award shall be considered a tax and
lien upon the property, real and per-
sonaI, of the person or corporation so
assessed to the same extent and as fully
as the State and County taxes and sub
iect to the same limitations to time if
not paid within thirty days of the final
order of ratification of such award or
return, and may be collected by the
treasurer of the county by an action OF
debt or in the same manner as taxes
are ordinarily collected, or by bill in
equity at the instance of the treasurer
for the enforcement of such lien.
When the construction and establish
ment of a sewerage and drainage sys-
TEN authorized under \the taxpayers
petition as above provided shall be de-
layed through the fact that the individ-
ual assessments remain uncollected
from any cause whatever, or the amount
raised thereby is insufficient, and such
delay is dangerous to public health and
convenience, the said Commission is
hereby authorized to borrow on the
credit of said county an amount suffl-
cient to make up such deficiency, and
shall issue as an evidence of such debt
sewerage and drainage bonds in the
manner and form as provided herein
for bond issues after favorable referen-
dunn; provided, however, that the am
cunt of bonds so issued shall not ex-
coed the estimated cost of the work to
be undertaken.
Upon the collection of the money sc
assessed. or part thereof, and the issue
and sale of bonds SO authorized, the
said Commission shall at once proceed
to construct and establish such sewer
age and drainage system.
529-H. And be it further enacted
That it may be lawful instead of follow
ing the methods provided in SecIior
529-G that where any owner, or group
of owners of real property, or corporal
| ion owning real property, or munich
pality, located in any sewerage distric
or area, shall petition the said Comm
ission, in writing, to construct and es
| tablish sewerage system or part there
of to serve such locality, the said Com
mission shall, if it be found practical
proceed to construct and establish thu
| same, provided the cost of construction
operation and maintenance of said sys
| tenn or said part of system be borne
| by the petitioners. The system or par
| of system so built shall be maintained
| and operated under the rules and regu
| lations of the Commission, but shall re-
main the property of the petitioners
unless incorporated in tie county sys
tenn, as provided in this Act, in which
| case the petitioners and all using sait
| system or parts thereof, shall be sub
| iect to such reasonable annual main
| tenance, tax or rental, as the Commiss
| ion may fix.
529-I. Aud be it further enacted
That it may be lawful, instead of fol
| lswing the methods providing in Sec
| tions 529-F, 529-G or 529-H, that where
| pality has at the time of the passage o
this Act, or may hereafter install
| complete or partially complete system
| nro \ &c
that said private or municipal system OIL
| part thereof can be incorporated int
part of the county systems, SO as t.
serve other persons or property in thu
same district or area, but beyond the
| limits of the property of said person
corporation or municipality, the sail
Commission may, after investigation
purchase said system or parts thereo
under agreement with the said indi
| vidual, corporation or municipality
| provided, however, that the price of i
| shall notjeXceed sum in the same pro
| portion to the cost of such system o
| part thereof as the area within the pro
| perty of said individual, corporation o
municipality contributing to such svs
tenn or part thereof bears to the entir
area in the sewerage district or are;
that will contribute to the said system
| or part thereof, through its incorpora
ton with the county system. In cas-
of failure to agree as to price the sys
| tenn or parts thereof may be acquired
| by condemnation proceedings under tn,
| general laws of the State. No part O
| the cost of said system, or parts thereof
| as acquired, shall be charged by tn,
Commission against the taxpayers with.
| in the limits of the property of said in
| dividual, corporation or municipality.
| The said Commission. may require
| the system or parts thereof said in divi
| dual, corporation or municipality to bt
| connected to the county system, anc
shall prescribe the annual charge OF
| tax to be paid for such connection
which sum shall be applied toward the
payment of the interest and principa
| of sewerage and drainage bonds issued
for the construction of connecting sew
! ers. The said Commission shall also
| fix maintenance tax or rental to BIZ
charged against all individuals, thereby
| admitted to use of the county system
Before any existing systems or parts
thereof are connected with the county
system, the owners of said systems OF
parts thereof shall be required to make
such changes in or repairs to them as
the said Commission may deem necess-
airy to put them in proper shape fol
connection.
SEC. 529-J. And be it further enact.
ed, That if the return of the Board OF
Supervisors Of Elections to the Board OF
County Commissioners, shows ma
jority of votes in favor of said bond
issue, then the County Commissioners
shall issue said bonds, and all other
bonds issued for the purposes of this
Act, in such denominations as they
deem best, and offer all snch bonds in
the open market for cash. to the high
est bidder, by sealed proposal, after ad-
vertisement in the county papers, a
paper in Washington city and one in
Baltimore city, at least once a week,
for period of four weeks
The bonds shall be known as Prince
Georges County Sewerage and Drain
age Bonds TneY shall be non-contest-
able for any cause and exempt from all
taxation, and shall bear interest, not
to exceed five per cent. per ann1m,
payable semiannualv. They shall run
for period not exceeding twenty-five
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