4066 ARTICLE 17.

1914, oh. 793, sec. 529C.

914. The power to establish sewerage or drainage systems in and for
said County or parts thereof so delegated- to the Sewerage and Drainage
Commission shall include the power to do all things which may be neces-
sary or incident thereto, among which shall be the following:

(a) The power to limit or define the boundaries or extent of sewerage

or drainage districts or areas.

(b) The power to make all such preliminary work as should be in the
opinion of the Commission precede the actual projection, construction or

establishment, by themselves, or any individual, corporation or municipal-
ity, of any sewerage or drainage system in Prince George's County.

(c) The power to project, construct, adopt and maintain any such sys-
tem or systems of sewerage or drainage or parts thereof, as it may deem
best calculated, to promote and preserve the public health and welfare, in-

cluding the power and authority to include in such systems, whether sepa-
rate or combined, provisions for the collection and disposal of storm,
ground or surface water.

(d) The power to create or use, or cause to be created and used, all such
instrumentalities and means within said Prince George's County, or in

conjunction with the proper authorities thereof of any adjacent County
of the State, including such submerged as well as other lands, as it may
deem necessary and expedient for carrying any system or systems of sewer-
age or drainage, projected and adopted, into full effect and operation.
And the said Commissioner is hereby specifically empowered to construct

and maintain without compensation to the State any part of a system or
systems of sewerage or drainage or of its works or appurtenances or of their
works or appurtenances, over or upon any land covered by the navigable
waters of this State, the title to which is held by the State, and if the same
be deemed advisable by the said Commission, the Governor of Maryland is
lereby authorized and directed, upon application of the said Commission,
to execute and deliver to the County Commissioners of Prince George's
County such deed or deeds as may be proper for the full confirmation of
this grant.

(e) The power to incorporate with any system or systems of sewerage

or drainage, or otherwise utilize for the purpose of this Act, so far as it
may deem necessary or expedient, any or all existing public sewers or
drains, including storm water sewers and drains, open ditches, natural

channels or watercourses in Prince George's County, and any or all appur-
tenances either in their present condition or with such repairs, modifica-
tions or changes as said Commission may see fit to make, and to condemn,
abolish, close up or destroy in its discretion any or all such existing public

sewers, drains, open ditches, natural channels or water courses, or to alter
their functions or increase their burdens as it may deem best.

(f) The power to acquire by condemnation, purchase or otherwise, and
to incorporate with any system or systems of sewerage or drainage pro-
jected, constructed, established or maintained in accordance with the pro-
visions of this Act, such private or municipal systems of sewerage or