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381-I. Every public service corporation, company or indi-
vidual before it or they shall begin any excavation or con-
struction in any street, road, alley or public highway within
said sanitary district shall file with the Commission plans of
such work and construction showing the location and depth
in such street, road, alley or public highway, of the proposed
main, conduit, pole, pipe or other structure, and such con-
struction or work shall not be begun until said plan shall have
been approved by the Commission, nor shall any change be
made in said approved plan or in the work or construction as
shown upon said plans except on further approval of the Com-
mission. Whenever any main, conduit, pipe, pole or other
structure is put in without the filing of plans with the Com-
mission and the approval thereof by it, or when any change is
made in the location of such main, conduit, pipe, pole or other
structure as shown upon the plans approved by the Commis-
sion, or any approved change therein, the Commission may,
if and when such conduit, main, pipe or pole, or other struc-
ture, interferes with the construction or operation of its water
or sewerage system, or other works, remove such conduit,
main, pipe, pole or other structures or change the location
thereof at the cost and expense of the party so putting them
in, or their heirs, assigns or successors, and without any lia-
bility upon the part of the Commission for damage that might
be done to the same by reason of the Commission's operations
in constructing or maintaining its systems or works. Any vio-
lation of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor
punishable under Section 381J of this sub-title.

381J. Every act or omission designated as a misdemeanor
in this sub-title, unless otherwise provided, shall be punishable
by any trial magistrate or the Circuit Court of the county
within which such offense is committed, and the offender
shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not exceeding
One Hundred Dollars ($100. 00) or to confinement for not
more than thirty (30) days in the county jail, or both, in the
discretion of the magistrate or Circuit Court.

381K. Where such act or omission is of a continuing
nature and is persisted in, in violation of the provisions of
this sub-title or of any rule or regulation formulated there-
under, a conviction for one offense shall not be a bar to the
conviction for a continuation of such offense subsequent to
the first or any succeeding conviction.

381L. Any land owned by a church, and constituting the
premises occupied by such or its parsonage, and used exclu-
sively for public worship or for other religious or customary
purposes of a church or parsonage and not for investment,
gain or other secular purposes, shall be exempt from the
benefit assessments provided for by this sub-title in respect