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(c) Upon the completion of any such project the individual, firm
or [private] corporation constructing the same shall file with [said]
the Commission as a permanent record a certified copy of the plans
in full, showing the work as built, and such record shall be of such
character and in such forms as may be prescribed by the Commission.
Any water supply, sewage collection and disposal system, including
oxidation ponds or sewage lagoons, for the construction, alteration

or extension of which a permit is required under this section, and

WHICH is not exempt from the requirements for a permit pursuant
to subsection (e) of this section, shall be installed, maintained and
operated under such REASONABLE rules and regulations as the
Commission may require or devise. The Commission is authorized and
directed to make inspections of the operations of all such projects
and to require the owners or operators thereof to maintain and
operate them in compliance with the Commission's REASONABLE
requirements and with due regard to public health, safety and com-
fort. The Commission is authorized to fix and collect from the owners
or operators of such systems a reasonable fee for its supervision and
inspection. Whenever an owner or operator of such system fails or
refuses to make any correction or fails or refuses to maintain and
operate the system in compliance with the Commission's REASON-
ABLE requirements, the Commission may make the correction or,
if necessary, take over for so long a period as may be necessary for
the operation of the system and collect the costs therefor from the
owners or operators.

(e) This section shall not apply to any water supply, sewage col-
lection and disposal system constructed for the sole purpose of
serving any single building, or a group of buildings serving as a
single farm unit or as a single commercial or industrial establish-
ment, [provided that] but this section shall apply to any apartment
house with five or more dwelling units [; nor shall], [t] This section
shall not apply to any system constructed by Montgomery County[,]
or by any instrumentality of the County, nor to the City of Rockville,
nor to any water supply, sewage collection and disposal system con-
structed by a municipal corporation which was owned and operated
by the municipality on June 1, 1965.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any word, phrase, clause,
sentence or any part or parts of this Act shall be held unconstitutional
by any Court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionally shall
not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this Act.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved April 8, 1965.

CHAPTER 378
(House Bill 233)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 108 (15)
(b) of Article 52 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edi-
tion), title "Justices of the Peace," subtitle "Trial Magistrate's
System," modifying and revising upward the pension provisions