.504 ARTICLE 2.

nance and operation shall be under the general control of the Commission,
which engineering and supervisory service shall be rendered by the Com-
mission, free of charge; and no such system or part thereof, or no water

main, sewer, storm drain, water purification or sewerage disposal plant,

or no connection with any of them, shall be constructed or installed except
as in this section provided, and any violation of this provision shall be a
misdemeanor punishable under Section 444 of this Article. All construc-
tion and operating records, including cost records, shall be filed with the
Commission, which shall be empowered at any time to take over said
system or part thereof, or said water main, sewer, storm water drain,

water purification or sewerage disposal plant, or connection with any of
them, in the same manner as provided under Section 438 for systems exist-
ing at the time of the passage of this Act. The Commission shall be em-
powered to extend its water supply, sewerage, drainage and disposal sys-
tems into any area outside of any Sanitary District contiguous thereto or
in the vicinity thereof, whenever the property owners of said area shall
agree to the conditions that may be imposed by the Commission as here-
inbefore outlined.

1927, ch. 676, sec. 19.

441. The County Commissioners of Anne Arundel County are hereby
authorized, empowered and directed to assume jurisdiction over all refuse

collections and refuse disposal plants in each of the Anne Arundel County-
Sanitary Districts, and shall institute, construct, maintain and operate
such systems of and plants for refuse collection and disposal in each Sani-
tary District as in its judgment shall best promote public health, economy
and convenience, and shall prescribe the territory to be so served.

1927, ch. 676, sec. 20.

442. Said Commission may enter upon and excavate any State, County
or municipal street, road or alley, or any other public highway, for the
purpose of installing, maintaining and operating the water supply, sewer-
age and drainage systems provided for under this Act, and it may construct
in any such street, road, alley or public highway, a water main, sewer or
drain, or any appurtenance thereof, without the receipt of a permit or
the payment of a charge; provided, that whenever any state, county or
municipal highway is to be disturbed the public authority having control
thereof shall be duly notified, and provided further that said highway
shall be repaired and left by the Commission in the same condition as, or
in condition not inferior to, that existing before said highway was torn
up, and that all costs incident thereto shall be borne by the Commission.

1927, ch. 676, sec. 21.

443. Any employee or agent of the Commission shall have the right

of entry, at all reasonable hours, upon any private premises and into any
building, in each sanitary district, while in pursuit of his official duties,
upon presenting proper credentials from the Commission, and any restraint