1246 ARTICLE 96B.

of the State regarding its water resources herein declared, the plans of
the applicant provide for the greatest practicable utilization of the waters
of the State and will adequately preserve public safety and will promote
the general public welfare it shall grant the permit to appropriate or to
use the waters, or to construct, reconstruct or repair the proposed reser-
voir, dam, or water-way obstruction, or to accomplish any combination of
these objects. But if the Commission be of the opinion, from the evi-
dence before it, that the proposed appropriation or use of State waters
or that the proposed construction is inadequate, wasteful, dangerous, im-
practicable, or will be detrimental to the best public interest, the Com-
mission may reject such application or it may suggest such modifications,
of the proposed plans as it deems sufficient to protect the public welfare
and safety. In granting any permit authorizing any use or appropriation
of water, or the construction or alteration of any reservoir, dam or water-
way obstruction, the Commission may include in the grant thereof such
conditions, terms and reservations with respect to the character, amount,
means and manner of such use or method of such construction as it may
deem reasonably necessary to preserve the proper control in the State and
to insure the safety and welfare of the people of Maryland. It shall be
unlawful to appropriate or use any waters of the State, or to construct or
begin the construction, or to make or begin any change or addition, or
reconstruct or repair, any reservoir, dam or water-way obstruction, except
in accordance with the terms, conditions, regulations and restrictions of
such permit; and such rules and regulations, with regard to said con-
structions, changes, additions, or repairs as may be prescribed by the
Commission. The Commission may determine and specify in each permit
granted for the construction of a dam or other waterworks what pro-
visions, if any, should be made for the passage of fish.

1933, ch. 526, sec. 9.

9. Upon complaint, or upon its own initiative, the Commission shall
have power to cause an investigation or examination to be made of any
reservoir, dam, or water-way obstruction now existing or hereafter con-
structed. If the Commission shall determine that such reservoir, dam
or water-way obstruction is unsafe or needs repair, or should be removed
as being unsafe and not susceptible of repair, the Commission shall, in
writing, notify the owner or owners thereof to repair or remove the same,
as the exigencies of the case may require; such work to be commenced and
proceeded with to completion within such reasonable time as may be
prescribed in such notice by the Commission.

1933, ch. 526, sec. 10.

10. The Commission shall prescribe a time limit of not more than two
years from the granting of any permit in which time the construction,
reconstruction or repair must be begun and/or the appropriation or use of
water must be made. The Commission shall also prescribe a time limit
of not more than five years to begin from the granting of any permit in