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they shall determine to be reasonable and just for such privilege and con-
nection, and all moneys so received may be applied to the reduction of any
debt or the interest thereon incurred on account of the construction of said
sewerage system or the establishment thereof.

1916, ch. 197. B. Co. C. (1916), sec. 293. 1928, sec. 376.

376. Whenever it shall happen that in the judgment of the County
Commissioners of Baltimore County the public health or safety requires
that any property or territory not connected with any public county sewer-
age system, and which has not been assessed for special benefits for the con-
struction of any public county sewer, should be required to connect with
an existing sewer, they shall forthwith have such property or territory

connected with the nearest convenient county sewer, and they shall pro-
ceed to assess the benefits and damages for such connection in the manner
provided for the establishment and construction of sewerage systems in
the preceding sections of this Act, and where in their judgment it is neces-
.sary they shall borrow money and pledge the credit of the county therefor
(but not to any greater amount than hereinbefore specified in Section
370) for constructing or establishing such connection, and levy taxes
on the property benefited for the payment of the same in the same manner
as is provided in Sections 370 and 371 for the establishment and construc-
tion of sewerage systems.

1916, ch. 197. B. Co. C. (1916), sec. 294. 1928, sec. 377.

377. Whenever the County Commissioners of Baltimore County shall
be lawfully directed by the State Board of Health of Maryland to con-
struct or establish any sewerage or sanitation system, they shall construct
and maintain the same under the provisions of this Act. And provided
further, that nothing in this Act contained shall, or shall be deemed to,
in any way limit or affect the powers heretofore delegated to the State
Board of Health, except as to the limit to which the credit of the county
may be pledged as hereinbefore designated in Section 370; nor shall
any sewer, sewerage, drainage or sanitary system be constructed, pur-
chased, acquired or established, except upon receipt of a written permit
from the State Board of Health. And provided further, that nothing herein
shall be construed to give authority to construct or establish any sewerage

system involving the discharge of sewage, unless the same shall have been
purified by treatment in a settling or sterilizing plant, or some other
system adequate for the purpose, as distinguished from storm water or
ground drainage, into the Chesapeake Bay or any of its tributaries or
into any stream which runs into Baltimore City.

1922, ch. 320. B. Co. C. (1928), sec. 378.

378. The Board of Public Works is hereby authorized and empowered
to convey to the County Commissioners of Baltimore County a right of
way for an outfall sewer through the property of the State of Maryland,
known as the Maryland State Normal School, situated in the Ninth Elec-