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change shall be made in the physical location of anything shown upon
said plan except upon the approval of said Commission. Whenever any
such underground main, conduit or pipe is put in without the filing of
plans with the said Commission and the approval thereof, or when any

change is made in the physical location of such underground main, con-
duit or pipe, as shown upon the plans approved by said Commission, or
any approved change therein, the Commission may, when such conduit,
main or pipe interferes with the construction or operation of its water
and sewer systems, remove the same or change the location thereof at the
cost and expense of the party so putting them in, or its successors, and
without any liability upon the part of the Commission for damage that
might be done to the same by reason of the Commission's operations in
constructing or maintaining its systems. Any violation of the provisions
of this Section shall be a misdemeanor punishable under Section 1011
of this subtitle.

1918, ch. 122, sec. 21.

1011. Every act or omission designated as a misdemeanor in this Act,
unless otherwise provided, shall be punishable before any justice of the
peace or the Circuit Court of the County within which such offense is

committed and shall be brought by warrant or indictment upon the oath

or information of any member of said Commission or any employee there-
of, and the offender shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceed-
ing $100 or thirty days in the County jail, or both, in the discretion of
the court. Where such act or omission is of a continuing nature and is
persisted in, in violation of the provisions of this Act or of any rule or
regulation formulated thereunder, a conviction for one offense shall not
be a bar to a conviction for a continuation of such offense subsequent to
the first or any succeeding conviction.

1918, ch. 122, sec. 22

1012. The Public Service Commission of Maryland is hereby given
jurisdiction to determine upon appeal, the reasonableness of all assess-
ments, tax levies or service charges, as in the case of public service cor-
porations, upon the written complaint of any one financially interested
therein, under such regulations as said Public Service Commission may
from time to time order and provide. All appeals shall be taken within
thirty days from the date of the promulgation or levy of any such assess-
ment, tax levy or service charge by said Sanitary Commission.

1918, ch. 122, sec. 23.

1013. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of their incon-
sistency, provided that nothing herein contained shall be taken as re-
stricting any control which the State Board of Health of Maryland is
empowered to exercise within the Sanitary District.