WATER RESOURCES 3559

1933, ch. 526, sec. 3.

3. The Water Resources Commission shall devise and develop a gen-
eral water resources conservation program for the State. This program
shall contemplate the proper conservation, allocation and development of
all of the waters, surface and underground, of the State for the best
interests of all of the people of Maryland, and shall guide the Commission
in the issuance of water, water power, dam, reservoir and other permits,
as hereinafter provided. The Commission is hereby authorized and em-
powered to make, or cause to be made, all such surveys, maps, investiga-
tions and studies of the water resources of the State as it may deem neces-
sary to provide it with sufficient information to formulate a program, and
to perform its duties under this Article. All other departments, boards,
officials and agencies of the State of Maryland are hereby directed to co-
operate with and assist the Water Resources Commission in the per-
formance of its duties and the exercise of its powers.

1933, ch. 526, sec. 4.

4. From and after January 1, 1934, it shall be unlawful for the State
or any agency thereof, any person or persons, partnership, association,
private or public corporation, county, municipality, or other political sub-
division of the State, to appropriate or use any waters of the State, surface
or underground, without the consent or permit of the Water Resources
Commission, in writing, previously obtained, upon written application
therefor to the Commission. Nothing in this section shall be construed
to apply to the use of water for domestic and farming purposes or to the
use of water for an approved water supply of any municipality; nor shall
it apply to any particular use in existence on January 1, 1934, provided
such use is not thereafter abandoned.

1933, ch. 526, sec. 5.

5. From and after January 1, 1934, it shall be unlawful for the State
or any agency thereof, any person or persons, partnership, association,
private or public corporation, county, municipality or other political sub-
division of the State, to construct, reconstruct or repair any reservoir,
dam or water-way obstruction; or to make or construct, or permit to be
made or constructed, any change therein or addition thereto; or to make,
or permit to be made, any change in, addition to, or repair of, any existing
water-way obstruction; or in any manner to change or diminish the course,
current, or cross-section of any stream or body of water, wholly or partly
within, this State, except the tidal waters, without a permit from the
Water Resources Commission, in writing, previously obtained, upon writ-
ten application therefor to said Commission. Nothing in this section shall
be construed to apply to any dam or obstruction which is ten feet or less
in height above the elevation of the stream bed or water-way, nor shall it
apply to any reservoir with a storage capacity of less than one million
gallons.

1933, ch. 526, sec. 6.

6. Each application for a permit required by this Article shall be ac-
companied by maps, drawings, and specifications of such proposed use
or water-way obstruction, or of the said changes, additions, or repairs,
proposed to be made, and such other data and information as the Com-
mission may require.