ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.

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water from the property in question, and the water shall
not be turned on again until said bill shall have been paid,
including a penalty of two dollars. If any bill shall remain
unpaid for sixty days after being sent by the Commission,
it shall be collectible from the owner of the property served
in the same manner as other debts are collectible in the
county and said ready-to-serve charge, other service
charges and all penalties shall be a first lien against said
property.

Section 440. After the passage of this Act, whenever
a municipality or the. property owners or residents of any
locality in the sanitary district shall desire a water supply,
sewerage or drainage system, or part, thereof, to be con-
structed in that Municipality or locality, and the Commis-
sion Shall decide that it is inexpedient or impracticable at
that time, owing to the remoteness from its general System

or other causes, to build such system, such municipality or

persons may build and operate said system at its own ex-
pense, but it shall be constructed under plans and specifica-
tions prepared by the Commission and under its super-
vision, and its maintenance and operation shall be under
the general control of the Commission; and no such system
or part thereof, or no water main, sewer, storm drain,
water purification or sewerage disposal plant, or no con-
nection with any of them, shall be constructed or installed
except as in this section provided, and any violation of
this provision shall be a misdemeanor punishable under
Section 444 of this sub-title. All construction and oper-
ating records, including cost records, shall be 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 purification or
sewerage disposal plant, or connection with any of the,
in the same manner as provided under Section 438 for sys-
tems existing at the time of the passage of this Act. The
Commission shall be empowered to extend its water supply,
sewerage, drainage and disposal systems, into any area out-
side of any 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 out-

lined.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1933.

Approved April 21, 1933