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sions of this Article; or that shall violate or fail to comply with, any order
of the Commission of which due notice shall be given; or that shall violate
any of the provisions of this Article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and
upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
one thousand dollars, or, in the discretion of the court, such person or per-
sons, or the members of such partnership or association, or the officers and
directors of such corporations, public or private, as the case may be, sen-
tenced to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, either or
both, in the discretion of the court.

1933, ch. 526, sec. 14.

14. Upon application of the Commission, verified by oath or affirma-
tion, the Circuit Court of any county, or of Baltimore City, sitting in
equity, may, by injunction, enforce the compliance with, or restrain the
violation of, any order or notice, or rule or regulation, of the Commission
made pursuant to the provisions of this Article, or restrain the violation
or attempted violation of any of the provisions of this Article. The
Attorney General of Maryland shall be Counsel to the Water Resources
Commission.

1933, ch. 526, sec. 15.

15. Nothing in this Article shall be construed so as to interfere with
. the exercise of the lawful jurisdiction of the Government of the United
States, or its duly constituted agencies, over the waters of the State of
Maryland. Nor shall this Article be construed to amend or repeal any law
of the State of Maryland relating to the Public Service Commission, and
the State Department of Health of Maryland, relating to water and water
structures, or any act or parts of acts not inconsistent with the provisions
of this Article; nor shall it be construed so as to impair any riparian or
other vested right. Nothing contained in this Article shall be construed
to amend, repeal, limit, impair or alter any right, power or privilege here-
tofore granted by the General Assembly of Maryland to the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, to appropriate or use any of the rivers, streams
or waters in the State of Maryland for the purpose of augmenting and im-
proving the municipal water supply of Baltimore City; nor shall it be
construed to prohibit, limit, impair or alter any particular use in existence
on January 1, 1934, of any stream or body of water by any person, part-
nership, association, or corporation, public or private, unless such use is
thereafter abandoned.

1933, ch. 526, sec. 16.

16. In the event that any court of competent jurisdiction should de-
clare any section or part of a section of this Article to be invalid, the
remainder of the Article shall not be invalidated thereby, but shall remain
in full force and effect.

1933, ch. 526, sec. 17.

17. This Article is in addition to and not in substitution for any ex-
isting laws of the State of Maryland.