Evening star., 1951-02-15
Bill 10 Extend
Sanitary Area
IsDue Today
Service Is Sought
For Buildings in
Dispersal Zone
BY a ssur Stuff Correspondent,

tion to extend the area served by
the Washington Suburban Sani-
tary Commission to take in all of
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties was to be dropped in the
House hopper today.
The bill is one of IL affecting
the commission to be introduced
by the Montgomery and Prince
Georges County delegations.
The extension measure was sug-
'gested two weeks ago by T. Howard
Duckett. commission attorney. At
that time, he told the two dele
cations such move is essential
if the Governments dispersal pro-
gram is adopted by Congress.
He pointed out the sanitary
agency. which now provides water
and sewer facilities TO the subur-
ban areas of both counties, would
be called upon Immediately to
serve new Government buildings
and housing for employees in the
dispersal area.
No Tax Before Facilities.
The bill provides, however, that
there shall be no water and sewer
tax on properties in the new Sec
tionS until such facilities are pro-
vided by the commission. Many
residents of the present sanitary
district complain they must pay
such a tax even though they do
not receive water and sewer serv-
ice.
Other bills involving the COM
mission would:
/. Authorize the agency to issue
$6.5 million worth of bonds to COM
plete expansion of its water supply
system.
2. Increase the commission S
membership from three to five
and provide for appointment of a
general manager. Two of the five
members would be appointed by
the Montgomery County Council
and two by the Prince Georges
County Commissioners. The chair
man would be named by the gov
ernor. who now selects all three
members.
3. Set up a merit system for
commission employees.
4. Permit the agency to pay off
its bonds before they come due.
S. Authorize the commission to
issue SIS million in bonds for a
new incinerator.
Sewer Use Charge.
6. Empower the commission to
levy sewer use charge against all
properties using the agency's sewer
system.
7. Permit Montgomery and
Prince George officials to examine
the commissions books at any
time.
8. Authorize the commission to
issue So million in bonds for
storm drainage.
9. Allow the commission to
spend about $4,000 for an addi-
ton to it's building in Hyattsville.
10. Extend the sanitary district
to Gaithersburg and adjacent
areas and to Oxon Hill. This is
necessary, it was said, in case the
proposal to extend the sanitary
district to all of Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties is de-
feated.
IL. Provide for constitutional
amendment to permit any county
town or municipal agency to take
possession of condemned property
without waiting for jury to
award compensation to the
owners.
The Prince Georges County
delegation introduced a bill yes
terday specifying that special i'm
provement districts in the county
be treated as municipalities in the
distribution of State Roads Com
mission funds.
Liquor Delivery Ban.
Two other bills sponsored by
Prince Georges Delegate Albert R.
Hassall, Republican, provide that j.:
l. Restaurants or hotels holding
liquor licenses in the county be
prohibited from making deliveries
of the premises.
2. County liquor stores be per-
mitted to make C. o. D. sales and
requiring them to clearly mark
prices on all goods on their shelves.
Bills introduced by the Mont
gomery delegation would limit the
speed of motor vehicles passing
through school zones to Is miles
an hour. and require Somerset to
repair curbs and sidewalks in the
town at the municipalities ex-
penSe.