ART. 3.] BALTIMORE COUNTY. 579

system. (2) In consideration of the rights and privileges
hereby granted, the party of the second part shall have the:
right and authority from time to time, to tap said outfall sewer
for the purposes of disposing of the house sewage and drainage,
as distinguished from storm water drainage, of Highlandtown,
Orangeville and Canton, upon payment to the party of the
first part of the fair cost to the party of the first part, of dis-
posing of the sewerage thus brought into the outfall sewer; the
said fair cost to include not only the actual cost of pumping
and disposing of the said sewerage, but also the pro rata cost
of maintaining the disposal plant, to be determined annually
by the Board of Estimates. All work done in connection with
the said tapping of said outfall sewer shall be at the sole
expense of the party of the second part and shall be under the
absolute direction, supervision and control of the chief engi-
neer of the Sewerage Commission, or such engineer as shall
be in charge of said system at the time of said tapping. Nor
shall any sewer constructed by or under the authority of the
party of the second part be connected up with said outfall
sewer until the same has been passed upon and approved by the
chief engineer of the Sewerage Commission, or such engineer
as shall be in charge of said system at said time, the require-
ments and restrictions in such cases to be the. same as those
imposed in similar cases upon property owners in Baltimore
city; provided, however, that the right to so tap the said out-
fall sewer upon the terms above described is subject to the
express condition precedent that this agreement shall be rati-
fied by the General Assembly of Maryland as hereinafter pro-
vided. (3) And in further consideration of the grant of the
rights and privileges aforesaid by the said party of the second
part to the party of the first part, said party of the first part
does hereby agree to present to the General Assembly of Mary-
land, early in the session of 1908, a bill ratifying and confirm-
ing the aforegoing agreement, and further agrees to urge the
passage of said bill by said General Assembly. It is further
understood and agreed, that said party of the first part, by
executing this agreement, does not admit the legal necessity
of securing from said party of the second part the right and
authority thus granted, but on the contrary, notwithstanding
said agreement, claims that full authority to occupy the public
highways of Baltimore county with said outfall sewer and its
works and appurtenances, without securing the assent of said
party of the second part, was granted to it directly by chapter
349 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland for the
year 1904. It is further understood .and agreed, that the
police, legislative and governmental powers of the General As-