WICOMICO COUNTY. 5117

1924, ch. 494, sec. 5.

325. The Commission shall provide for each and every property abut-
ting upon a street or right of way in which, under this Act, a water main
or sanitary sewer is laid, a water service pipe or sewer connection which
shall bo extended, as required, from the water main or sewer to the prop-
erty line of the abutting lot, said service pipe or connection to be con-
structed by and at the sole expense of the said Commission. When any
water main or sewer is declared by said Commission complete and ready
for the delivery of water or the reception of sewage, every abutting owner
shall, after due notice, make connection of all spigots or hydrants, toilets
or waste drains with said water main or sewer within a time prescribed
by said Commission. Where the aforesaid fixtures do not exist or are of a
nature which, in the judgment of the Commission, is improper or inade-
quate, satisfactory equipment shall be installed. All cesspools, sink drains
and privies shall be abandoned and left in such a way that they cannot
again be used or injuriously affect the public health, said disposition to be
determined by the Commission; and all wells that are found by the Com-
mission to be polluted or a menace to health shall likewise be abandoned
and closed. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be a
misdemeanor punishable under Section 338 of this subtitle.

1924, ch. 494, sec. 6.

326. No water supply, sewerage or storm water drainage system, or
any part or appurtenance thereof, and no water mains, sewers or drains,
or connections therewith, within such parts or portions of said City of
Salisbury as have been supplied with sewerage or water systems under
the provisions of this Act, whether upon private premises or otherwise,
shall be constructed by any person or persons, firm, corporation, institu-
tion or community without the written consent of and under rules pre-
scribed by the Commission, and any violation of this section shall be
punishable in the same manner and subject to the same penalties as pro-
vided under Section 338 of this subtitle.

1924, ch. 494, sec. 7.

327. Where the city or any person or persons, firm, corporation, insti-
tution or community has a completed or partially completed water supply,
sewerage or drainage system, or water main, sewer or drain within the
City of Salisbury, the Commission may, as a part of the main general sys-
tem, use and operate said completed or partially completed system or
water main, sewer or drain; and may use, operate or acquire the same
by gift, purchase, condemnation, lease or otherwise, and require all prop-
erties within reasonable distance therefrom to be connected therewith, and
said properties shall thereupon be liable for the payment of such charges
as the Commission may think right and proper, and all of said properties
connected with or to be connected with the said completed or partially
completed water supply, sewerage or drainage system, shall be subject to
all the provisions of this Act, and be under the supervision and control