WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1809

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 2 of Chapter 526 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of 1943 be and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 3 of Chap-
ter 526 of the Acts of 1943 be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

3.

That the said Commission may determine, upon petition,
or its own motion that one or more areas in the Sanitary Dis-
trict, in the interest of the public health, welfare and safety
is in need of a storm water or surface water drainage system.
After having made said determination, the Commission shall
advertise in not less than two issues in any newspaper pub-
lished in the county in which said drainage area lies, that the
Commission has determined to construct in the area deter-
mined upon, or a part thereof, a drainage system, giving in
said advertisement the aprpoximate cost and the general area
affected, and advising those interested that a hearing will be
held by the Commission at a time and place named in said
advertisement at which all interested parties will be heard.
The Commission shall be prepared to exhibit at such hearing a
plan for said drainage area or a part thereof, including the
length and size of pipes and the approximate cost. If, after
such hearing, the Commission determines that the public
health and welfare requires the construction of said system, it
shall thereupon proceed with such construction, either by con-
tract, publicly advertised or by its own force, or under its own
supervision as it deems desirable and more economical.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved April 25, 1947.

CHAPTER 733.
(House Bill 356)

AN ACT to authorize the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission to establish a Merit System for certain of its
employees, and authorizing the adoption of rules and regu-
lations for the administration of the same.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission,