48 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 13

filed with the Commission, which shall be empowered at any
time to take over said system or part thereof, or said water
main, sewer, storm water drain, water or sewage treatment
plant, or connect on with any of them in the same manner
as provided under Section 381B for systems existing at the
time of the passage of this sub-title.

381F. The Commission shall be empowered to extend its
water supply, sewerage or drainage systems into any area
outside of said sanitary district contiguous thereto or in the
vicinity thereof, when the property owners of said area shall
agree to the charges, assessments and conditions that may be
imposed by the Commission as hereinbefore outlined.
The Commission may enter upon and excavate any State
or county street, road or alley, for the purpose of installing,

maintaining and operating the water supply, sewerage or
drainage systems provided for under this sub-title, and it may
construct in any such street, road or alley, a water main,
sewer or drain or any appurtenance thereof, on the receipt
of a permit, from the proper authority, for which no charge
shall be made; and a permit obtained therefor; provided, that
whenever any State or County Highway is to be disturbed the
public authority having control thereof shall be duly notified
and a permit obtained therefor, and provided further, that
said highway shall be repaired and left by the Commission in
the same condition as, or in a condition not inferior to, that
existing before said highway was torn up, and that all costs
incident thereto shall be borne by the Commission.

381G. Any employee or agent of the Commission shall have
the right of entry, at all reasonable hours, upon any private
premises and into any building, in said sanitary district,
while in pursuit of his official duties, upon first presenting
proper credentials from the Commission, and any restraint
or hindrance offered to such entry by any owner or tenant,
or agent of said owner or tenant, or any other person, shall
be a misdemeanor punishable under Section 381J of this
sub-title.

381H. All individuals, firms and corporations excepting
municipal corporations, having buildings, conduits, pipes,
trucks, poles or other structures or obstructions in, on, over,
under or through any public road, street or alley of said sani-
tary district, which shall block or impede the construction
and establishment of the Commission's water supply, sewerage
or drainage systems, or other works, shall upon reasonable
notice from the Commission, promptly so shift, adjust, accom-
modate or remove such structures or obstructions as to fully
meet the exigencies occasioning such action; provided, how-
ever, that the costs of such changes shall be borne and paid
for by the Commission.