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grades wherever they may deem it necessary or expedint so to do for the
proper construction, establishment or extension of a water, sewerage or
drainage system under their control; or street lines and grades established
by individuals, firms or corporations shall be approved by said authority
wherever they deem it necessary for the proper construction, establishment

or extension of a water, sewerage or drainage system at the time of such
establishment, or at a future time; and if any street lines or grades are
established by individuals, firms or corporations without such approval,
said authorities may refuse to give water, sewerage or drainage service to
the properties abutting on streets the lines and grades of which have been

established.

192T, ch. 641. sec. 348M.

348M. Any employee or agent of municipal authorities shall have the
right of entry, at all reasonable hours, upon any private premises and into
any building within their jurisdiction, while in pursuit of his official
duties; and any restraint or hindrance offered to such entry, by an owner

or tenant or agent of said owner or tenant, shall be a misdemeanor punish-
able under Section 348-O.

1927. ch. 641, sec. 348N.

348N. Municipal authorities shall have full power and authority to
enter into any contracts or agreements with other municipal authorities,

or with county, state or federal authorities, with respect to obtaining a
supply of water or the disposal of sewage, drainage or refuse, or with re-
spect to any other matter necessary or advisable for the proper and econom-
ical construction, establishment, maintenance or operation of a water sup-
ply, sewerage, drainage or refuse disposal system.

1027. ch. 641, sec. 348-O.

348-0. Every act or omission designated as a misdemeanor in Sections
348A-348R, unless otherwise stated, shall be punishable before any justice

of the peace or the Circuit Court of the county within which such offense
is committed, and action shall be brought by warrant or indictment upon
the oath or information of any municipal official, or any agent of municipal
authorities, and the offender shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not
exceeding $100 or 30 days in the county jail, or both, in the discretion of
the Court. Where such act or omission is of a continuing nature, and is
persisted in, in violation of the provisions of Sections 348A-348R, or of
any rule or regulation formulated thereunder, a conviction for one offense
shall not be- a bar to a conviction for a continuation of such offense subse-
quent to the first or any succeeding conviction.

1927, ch 641. sec. 348P. 1931. ch 96.

348P. That the Mayor and Council or the Commissioners or other
governing body of any municipality before issuing bonds for any of said
improvements, shall first at a regular municipal election, or at a special