The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-06-28

fifteen years after the date of issue, and
that levy shall be made by the County
Commissioners of Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties as may be
necessary to pay the interest on and
redeem them at the end of such period.
The Commission shall be empowered
and directed TO fix and collect reason
able charge upon the owners of all
improved properties within the area
served by its refuse collection and
disposal system, said charge to be pay
able a. the same time and subject to the
same conditions as the charges for
water service, of specified under Section
ID. All sums so received by the
Commission shall be applied to the
! maintenance and operation of said
system and to overhead expenses of the
Commission, but all sums received by
the Commission from the sale of mater
ials or products resulting from its
system of refuse disposal shall be
applied by the Commission to the
payment of the interest on and
redemption of the bonds issued under
this Section in the same manner as
benefit and connection charges are
applied to payment on water and sew
erage bonds, as specified under Section
10; provided, that If, at any time, said
sums so received by the Commission
for the sale of materials or products
shall be in excess of the total amount
necessary to pay all of the interest and
sinking fund charges for that year upon
the bonds issued under this Section, the
Commission shall retain such excess
amount and may apply it, in its discGc-
ton, to reduction of the charges
herein provided for refuse collection
and disposal service, or to the extension
of said service.
Sec. IS. And be it further enacted,
That said Commission may enter upon
any State. county or municipal street,
road or alley, or any public highway,
for the purpose of installing, maintaip-
ing and operating the water supply,
sewerage and drainage systems provided
, for under this Act, and it may,construct
in any such street, road or alley or
public highway, a water main, sewer
or drain, or any appurtenance thereof,
without the receipt of permit or the
payment of a charge; provided that
whenever any State, County or munich
pal highway is to be disturbed the
public authority having control thereof
shall be duly notified, and provided
repaired and left by the Commission in
the same, or a not inferior, condition
to that existing before being torn up,
and that all costs incident thereto sha i
be borne by the Commission.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted,
That any employee or agent of said
Commission shall have the right OF entry
at all reasonable hours upon any
private premises and into any building
IN the Sanitary District, or in those
portions of Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties outside of said Dis
trict, while in the pursuit of his official
duties, and any restraint or hindrance
offered to such entry by any owner or
tenant shall be a misdemeanor punish
able under Section q of this Act.
Sec 20. And be it further enacted,
hat all individuals, firms and corpora
tions having buildings, conduits, pipes,
tracks or other physical distractions
in, over or under the public roads,
streets or alleys of the Sanitary District,
or of those portions of Montgomery and
Prince Georges counties outside of
said District, which shall block or
impede the progress of the Commission's
water supply, sewerage or drainage
systems while in process of construction
and establishment, shall, upon reason
able notice from said Commission,
promptly so shift, adjust, accommodate
or remove the same, at their own cost
and expense, as to fully meet exigencies,
occasioning such notice; and should the
eXigencies of any case involve taking,
in the constitutional sense, of the
franchise or right in the exercise of
which such obstruction had its origin,
the Commission shall be empowered to
condemn an easement in SAID franchise
or right. Any violation of the provisions
of this Section shall be mlsdemeanor
punishable under Section Il of this Act.
Sec. q. And be it further enacted,
That every Act or omission designated
as a misdemeanor in this Act, unless
otherwise provided, shall be punishable
before any justice of the peace or the
Circuit Court of the County within
which such otfense is committed and
shall be brought by warrant or lndlct::
ment upon the oath or information OF
any member of said Commission or any
employee thereof, and the offended
shall, upon conviction, be subject to
fine not exceeding 500 or thirty days
in the County Jail, or both, IN the
discretion of the court. Where such
act or omission is of a continuing nature
and is persisted in, in violation of the
provisions of this Act or of any rule or
regulation formulated hereunder, a
conviction for one offense shall not be
a bar to conviction for continuation |
of such offense subsequent to the first
or any succeeding conviction.
Sec %. And be it further enacted,
That the Public Service Commission of
Maryland is hereby given jurisdiction
to determine upon appeal. the reason
ableness of all assessments, tax leVles