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Chur c he s institutions.

Services to Government.

Budget mates.

Construction, etc. Loans.

Limitation.

PUBLIC LAW 364-MAY 18, 1954

[68 S T A T.

applicable in every particular to the sanitary sewer service charge imposed by this title: Provided, That whenever said lien is enforced by the sale of property against which it has been assessed, so much of the proceeds of such sale as represents said unpaid sanitary sewer service charges shall be credited to the D. C. Sanitary Sewage Works Fund. SEC. 211. The sanitary sewer service charges applicable to such churches and institutions as may under existing law be furnished water without charge by the Commissioners shall be predicated only on the quantity of water used in excess of the amount fixed by the Commissioners in each case as to which no water charge is made. SEC. 212. (a) The sanitary sewer service charges prescribed herein shall be applicable to all sanitary sewer services furnished by the sanitary sewage works of the District through any connection thereto for direct use by the Government of the United States or any department, independent establishment, or agency thereof, and such charges shall be predicated on the value of water and water services received by such facilities of the Government of the United States or any department, independent establishment, or agency thereof from the District water supply system. Payment of the said sanitary sewer service charge shall be made as provided in subsection (b) of this section: Provided, That the aggregate amount of such sanitary sewer service charge for each fiscal year shall be determined in the manner prescribed in section 207 hereof: Provided further, That the obligation to pay for sanitary sewer services received by the Government of the United States or any department, independent establishment, or agency thereof shall be with respect to such service furnished on and after July 1, 1954. (b) For the purpose of effectuating the provisions of subsection (a) of this section there shall be included annually in the budget estimates of the Commissioners beginning with the estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, the value as determined by the Commissioners of the sanitary sewer service furnished to the United States or to any department, independent establishment, or agency thereof during the most recent preceding fiscal year for which such value can be determined based on the rates for such charges prevailing during the period of such service, and there shall be appropriated annually for the D. C. Sanitary Sewage Works F u n d out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated (to be advanced on July 1 of each fiscal year beginning July 1, 1954) a sum corresponding to the said value of charges for sanitary sewer service furnished the United States. SEC. 213. The Commissioners are hereby authorized to accept loans for the District from the United States Treasury to finance the construction, expansion, relocation, replacement, or renovation of (1) the sanitary sewer system of the District or (2) the combined sewer system of the District; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to advance such sums as may be appropriated for such purposes. SEC. 214. The total principal amount of loans made in cojinection with the construction, expansion, relocation, replacement, or renovation of the sanitary and combined sewer systems of the District shall not exceed $5,000,000. Such loans shall be in addition to any other loans heretofore or hereafter made to the Commissioners for any other purpose, and when advanced shall be deposited in full in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the D. C. Sanitary Sewage Works Fund.

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