1656 ARTICLE 43.

An. Code, sec. 270. 1914, ch. 810, sec. 2.

329. The State Board of Health shall have general supervision and con-
trol over the waters of the State, in so far as their sanitary and physical
condition affect the public health or comfort; and it may make and enforce
rules and regulations, and order works to be executed, to correct and prevent
their pollution. It shall investigate all sources of water and ice supply, and
all points of sewage discharge. It shall examine all existing public water
supplies, sewerage systems and refuse disposal plants, and shall have power
to compel their operation in a manner which shall protect the public
health and comfort, or to order their alteration, extension or replacement
by other structures when deemed necessary. After April 16, 1914, it shall
pass upon the design and construction of all public water supplies, sewerage
systems and refuse disposal plants which shall be built within the State.

An. Code, sec. 271. 1914, ch. 810, sec. 3.

330. The State Board of Health shall, when requested, consult with
and advise the authorities of Counties and municipalities, and persons,
having or about to have systems of water supply, drainage, sewerage, or
refuse disposal, as to the most appropriate source of water supply, and the
best method of assuring its purity, or as to the best method of disposing of
drainage, sewage or refuse, with reference to the existing and future needs
of all communities or persons which may be affected thereby. It shall also
consult with and advise corporations, companies and individuals engaged
or intending to engage in any manufacturing or other business whose sewage
may tend to pollute the waters of the State. It may also conduct experi-
ments relating to the purification of water and the treatment of sewage or
refuse. No County, municipality, corporation, company or individual shall
be required to bear the expense of such consultation, advice or experiments.
Information that may be given shall be only of such preliminary nature as
to outline the best course to pursue, and in no case shall the State Board of
Health be required to prepare plans, specifications or detailed estimates
for any improvement, unless it be .specifically delegated to do so by the
Governor or Legislature, and adequate special appropriation be provided
for the purpose.

An. Code, sec. 272. 1914, ch. 810, sec. 4.

331. Every County, water, sewerage or sanitary district authority,
municipality, corporation, company, institution and individual supplying
or authorized to supply, on April 16, 1914, water, sewerage or refuse dis-
posal service to the public, or owning water or sewerage systems, or refuse
disposal plants, serving or authorized to serve the public, within the State,
shall, within six months after said date, file with the State Board of Health
a certified copy of the plans of its water supply or sewerage system, or
refuse disposal plant, complete; such plans to be correct to date of sub-
mission, and to be of such scope and in such detail as to be satisfactory to
the State Board of Health. In case no plans, or only those of insufficient
scope or detail, are in existence, this Section shall be complied with bv
the preparation of new, or the completion of the existing plans, and such