The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-09-25
Friday, September Is, 1914
Public Local Laws
Published by authority
CHAPTER 1913
(Continued)
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The election shall conform to the
laws governing in said county, and the
ballot shall contain the words For
Sewerage and Drainage Bond Issue"
and Against Sewerage and Drainage
Bond ISSUE" Returns of the vote shall
be cert flied by the Board of Supervisors
of Elections, TO the Board of County
Commissioners. That in the event of
an unfavorable election, the Commits
s1oners may request another election
within year, subject to the restric
t1ons as to date herein before set forth.
$500. And be it further enacted,
That it may be lawful instead of fol-
lowing the method provided in Section
529-F that where and whenever sixty
per cent of the taxpayers on real prop
5erty, or signers representing at least
sixty per cent. of the assessable real
property, in any sewerage or drainage
district or area in Prince Georges
County, shall: file with the said Com
mission petition stating the location
and extent of a proposed sewerage or
drainage system, the public need there
for, and the names and residences of
the signers. the said Commission shall
thereupon have made an accurate sur
vey of the said district or area and
map and report prepared showing what
part of the main sewerage or drainage
system Is included, the number of pub
lie, private and manufacturing build
ings, and the number of persons resid
ing in or to be served. They shall also
have prepared detail plans showing the
size and location of the, trunk, inter
cepting or outfall sewer forming part
of the main sewerage or drainage plan
involved, the size and location of all
local systems, of mains and laterals, also
the location, character ard size of such
plant or means of disposal Of the sew
erage or water collected by such system
or systems, and the probable cost of
constructing and the annual charge
necessary to repair and efficiently main
tain the same TIE map prepared shall
show accurately by metes and bounds
and such natural features as may exist
as bounds the district or area to be ben
Gifted by such construction and estab-
lishment, together with the names of
the various property owners, roads, al
legs, streets, whether public or private,
in such district or area; the location of
the natural or artificial topogra phic
features, and the location of all parts
of the system under consideration,
whether within or without the distric,
or area. Such survey shall be made
and such maps, plans and reports filed
within one hundred and twenty days of
date of the fling of the petition.
Upon the filing of such map, plans
and report the said Commission shall
submit a copy of the same to the State
Board of Health, and when said board
shall approve the said system as to san
itary efficiency, design and character
then the said Commission shall fix a
day and place for hearing on said petit
ton and shall give notice thereof by
publication Of said petition and the date
set for the hearing III the county papers
published in or near such district Or
area once week for at least two
weeks. At such hearing all persons af
fected by the construction of the pro-
posed system may appear and be heard
upon the questions as to whether the
public health, welfare and convenience
requires the establishment of the pro-
posed system.
The said Commission shall thereupon
decide whether or not the pull lie health
and convenience require the construc
ton and maintenance of the proposed
system, and if they decide that the pro
posed system is necessary for the pub
lie health and convenience they shall
appoint three capable and upright citi-
zens of Prince Georges County, not re-
siding in the district or area to be serv-
ed by the proposed system and not
owning property therein, to be known
as Sewerage and Drainage Examiners,
who shall investigate and determine the
probable cost of constructing and es-
tablishing such systems and the amount
to which each property owner or other
person residing in said district or area
is benefited or damaged thereby, and
they shall return such estimate or prob
able cost, damage and benefit to the
said Commission. The said Commits
sion shall thereupOn assess the cost of
constructing and esta blisaing the pro-
posed system upon the persons who are
interested in proportion to the amount
to which they are damaged or benefited
thereby. The said Commission shall
then cause notice to be given to all per-
sons assessed of the amount of assess
ments respectively so made on them by
said Commission by publication once a
week for a period of two consecutive
weeks in the newspapers published in
Prince Georges County. Such notice
shsll state the date upon which obiec
tions to said assessments of benefits and
damages will be heard, such date to be
not less than twenty days from the
date of the return Of the examiners,
and copies of said advertisements shall
be served upon the persons interested.
If they cannot be found or if taxpayers
reside without the county notices shall
be mailed to them at their last-knoWn
address as shown by the tax books, and
the property conspicu0uslY posted by
the sheriff of said county. who shall
thereupon return to said Commission
the time and manner of such services,
for which services and returns ne shall
be allowed the fee paid for services and
return of writ of summons.
If any person Or body corporate or
taxpayer of any district or area inter
ested in the establishment or mantle
nance of IL sewerage or drainage sys-
tenn shall feel aggrieved by the award,
report or return of said examiners he,
she or it shall file objections thereto in
writing with the said Commission on or
before the date fixed by the notice last
aforesaid for the hearing of such obiec-
tions, and the said Commission, on The
day so fixed for such hearing, shall pro-
coed to consider the award, return and
proceedings Of the examiners and
all the proceedings in the case, and
they may modify or confirm, reject, re-
verse, alter, amend or correct The award
return of report or proceedings, or
return the same to the examiners for
alterations, re-correctiOns or amend
ments: provided, however, that said re-
turn or report, after having been alter
ed, modified or amended as aforesaid,
either by the said Commission or ex-
aminers, shall not be finally ratified and
confirmed until after the expiration of
ten days from the date of such change
and an opportunity given the parties
interested to be heard on such change:
and provided, further. that the said
Commission or examiners shall not
make any change which requires such
system or parts thereof, or right to be
condemned, to pass through or along
or injuriously affect the property of any
person not originally notified of the
proceedings, or whose name did not
appear in such original advertisement,
without living such person at least five
DAYS notice of such intended change
and an opp rtunity to be heard thereon,