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 68 S T A T J

107

PUBLIC LAW 364-MAY 18, 1954

sewer service charge to be imposed on such property shall be not more than 60 per centum of the water charge which would have been charged such property if the amount of water so used and not discharged into the sanitary sewage works of the District had not been included in the amount of water used by such property: Provided, That all water from the Avater supply system of the District used by such property shall be paid for at established rates, whether or not such water is discharged into the sanitary sewage works of the District. Where, in the opinion of the Commissioners, it is not practicable to install a measuring device to determine continuously the quantity of water used for such industrial or commercial i:)urposes and not discharged into the sanitary sewage works of the District, the Commissioners shall determine periodically, in such manner and by such methods as the Commissioners may prescribe, the quantity of water from the water supply system of the District discharged into the sanitary sewage works of the District, and the sanitary sewer service charge shall be based on such estimated quantity of water at the percentage authorized by this paragraph. Any dispute as to such estimated amount shall be decided by the Commissioners and such decision shall be final; and in the event the owner or occupant fails to furnish and maintain such measuring devices or to facilitate the periodic determinations by the Commissioners as prescribed herein, then the privilege of excluding some portion of the water used from the District water supply system from the charges for sanitary sewer service shall be forfeited and the charges for sanitary sewer service shall be based on the full amount of the water used from the District Avater supply system. SEC. 208. (a) The owner or occupant of each building, establishment, or other place in the District connected with any District sewer conducting sanitary sewage shall pay the sewer service charge authorized by this title. (b) If the sanitary sewer service charge imposed by this title is based on a water charge any part of which is for a period beginning prior to the imposition of the sanitary sewer service charge and ending thereafter, the sanitary sewer service charge shall be prorated, on a monthly basis, on so much of such water charge as shall have accrued subsequent to the effective date of this title. SEC. 209. All meters or other measuring devices installed or required to be used under the provisions of this title shall be under the control of the Commissioners, who shall promulgate all regulations necessary in their judgment to effectuate the purposes of this title. The owner or occupant of the property upon which any such measuring device is installed shall be responsible for its maintenance and safekeeping, and all repairs thereto shall be made at the owner's cost, whether such repairs are made necessary by ordinary wear and tear or other causes. Bills for such repairs, if made by the District, shall be due and payable when rendered, and the Commissioners are authorized to provide for stopping the supply of water to any building or establishment upon the failure to pay such charge for meter repairs. SEC. 210. The Commissioners are hereby authorized, in order to encourage the prompt payment of the sanitary sewer service charge imposed by this title, to impose an additional charge of 10 per centum for any sanitary sewer service charge remaining unpaid for more than thirty days, io shut off the water of premises for which such charge is not paid within thirty days, and to have and enforce a continuing lien for such charge upon the land and any improvements thereon furnished such sanitary sewer service, in the same manner and to the same extent as if sections 102, 103, 104, and 105 of title I of this Act were set forth in this title, and such sections shall be deemed to be

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