1940 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 792

to abide by and fulfill any judgment on such appearance or
further proceeding.

94AB. The authorities are authorized and empowered to
take over by purchase or condemnation any privately owned
water supply system. Such condemnation proceedings shall
be in accordance with the provisions of Section 94AA. When
any such private system is taken possession of, said authori-
ties may extend or alter and maintain or operate said system
in conjunction with their general system, and thereafter all
properties along the lines of said privately owned systems,
so taken over, shall stand in the same relation, bear the
same benefit assessment, and be subject to the same regula-
tions and penalties as though the system so acquired had
been constructed and put into operation by said authorities;
provided, however, that said authorities may take into ac-
count and compensate for any portion of the cost of con-
structing the privately owned system that they may deter-
mine to have been paid by properties abutting upon any
portion of said system. Whenever there is in existence a
privately owned water supply system, which, in the judgment
of said authorities, is unfit as a whole or in part for incor-
poration into the general system established by said authori-
ties, said authorities may disregard the existence of said
system or unfit part thereof, and all the provisions of this
Act relating to systems constructed by said authorities shall
apply to said extensions.

94AC. Said authorities may enter upon any highway for
the purpose of installing, extending, altering, maintaining
and operating a water supply system, and may construct or
repair in any such highway a water main or any appurte-
nance thereof upon the receipt of a permit from the proper
authorities; provided that whenever any highway is dis-
turbed, said highway shall be repaired and left by said
authorities in the same or a not inferior condition to that
existing before entry, and that all costs incident thereto
shall be borne by said authorities.

94AD. All individuals, firms and corporations having
buildings, conduits, pipes, tracks or other physical obstruc-
tions in, over or under the public road, streets, or alleys of
the county or municipality which shall block or impede the
progress of the municipal water supply system while in pro-
cess of construction, establishment, alteration or repair,
shall upon reasonable notice from the authorities of said
municipality promptly so shift, adjust, accommodate or re-