The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-09-11

and payable to the County Commas
mssioners. and such assessment or
award shall be considered a tax and
! lien upon the property, real and per-
| sonal, of the person or corporation so
| assessed to the same extent and as fully
as the State and County taxes and sub
ject 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 tho
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 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 unsolicited
! 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 suffi-
| Gent 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 so
| assessed, or part thereof, and the issue
and sale of bonds 50 authorized, the
| shall of prnapaH
| 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 Section
| 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 district
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 the
same, provided the cost of construction,
| operation and maintenance of said sys-
tenn or said part of a system be borne
| by the petitioners. The system or part
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 said
system or parts thereof, shall be sub
ject to such reasonable annual main
tenance, tax or rental, as the Commiss-
ion may fix.
| 1921. 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
any individual, corporation or munci-
pality has at the time of the passage OF
this Act, or may hereafter install a
complete or partially complete system
of sewerage or drainage, and it is found
that said private or municipal system or
part thereof can be incorporated into
part of the county systems, SO as to
serve other persons or property in the
same district or area, but beyond the
limits of the property of said person,
corporation or municipality, the said
Commission may, after. investigation,
purchase said system or parts thereof
under agreement with the said indi.
vidual, corporation or municipality
| uOWStCI, GudG tuC pilCC VI u
shall not exceed a sum in the same pro-
portion to the cost of such system OF
part thereof as the area within the pro-
perty of said individual, corporation OF
municipality contributing to such sys-
TEN or part thereof bears to the entire
area in the sewerage district or area
that will contribute to the said system
or part thereof, through its incorpora-
ton with the county system. In case
of failure to agree as to price the sys
tenn or parts thereof may be acquired
by condemnation proceedings under the
general laws of the State. No part oil
the cost of said Gystem. or parts thereof,
as acquired, shall be charged by the
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 iivi-
dual, corporation Or municipality to be
connected to the county system, and
shall prescribe the annual charge or
tax to he paid for such connection
which sum shall be applied toward the
payment of the interest and principal
of sewerage and drainage bonds issued
for the construction of connecting sew
ers. The said Commission shall also
fix maintenance tax or rental to be
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 or
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 for
connection.
SEC. 529-J. And be it further enact
ed, That if the return of the Board o.
Supervisors of Elections to the Board or
County Commissioners, shows a 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 il,
Baltimore city, at least once week
for period of four weeks
The bonds shall be known as Prince
Georges County Sewerage and Drain
age Bonds. They shall be non-contesi-
| dUlC lO1 IduoC ouo CAClupG lIOIl al
taxation, and shall bear interest, NOT
to exceed five per cent. per annam,
payable semiannually. They shall run
for period not exceeding twenty-five
years, and shall be signed by the Pre-
sident the County Commissioners of
said county, and countersigned by the
clerk of the said board with corpora.
ton seal of said Board OF. County Com
missioners affixed, and shall contain
distinct reference to the sewerage and
drainage district or area for which
| issued.
The bonds issued under this Act shall.
be first lien upon all land and i'm
provements thereon, within the said
district or area, subject only to the
lien for regularly levied State and
county taxes, and regularly levied
municipal taxes where levied against
land within an Incorporated munich
pality existing at the date of said bonds.
| SEC. 529-K. And be it further en-
acted, That all moneys received from