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sub-division or locality; or in case absence or incompleteness of
a public system of water supply, sewerage or refuse disposal in
any County, municipality, district, sub-division or locality is,
in the opinion of the State Board of Health, sufficiently pre-
judicial to the health or comfort of that or any other County,
municipality, district, sub-division or locality; then the State
Board of Health may issue an order to the effect that a public
system of water supply, sewerage or refuse disposal shall be
installed and put into operation, or the existing system com-
pleted, in that County, municipality, district, sub-division or
locality, within a specified time; or the Board may order the
installation of such devices or the institution of such methods,
and enforce such measures or regulations, as it may deem proper
under the circumstances.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That after the passage
of this Act, the State, a County, municipality, district, corpor-
ation, company, institution, or person shall not install a system
of water supply, sewerage or refuse disposal, for public use,
nor materially alter or extend any such existing sys-
tem, without having received a written permit from
the State Board of Health so to do; nor shall any
permit for this purpose be issued until complete plans and
specifications for the installation, alteration or extension, to-
gether with such information as the State Board of Health may
require, have been submitted and approved by the Board. All
construction shall take place in accordance with the approved
plans. In case it shall become necessary or desirable to make
material changes in plans or specifications, such changed plans
or specifications, together with a statement of the reasons for
the alterations, shall be submitted to the State Board of Health,
and no material changes shall be embodied in the actual con-
struction until they are approved by the Board and a permit
issued therefor. After completion of the work a certified copy
of the plans in full, showing the work as built, shall be filed
with the State Board of Health for permanent record. The
State Board of Health shall be empowered to make and enforce
such rules and regulations regarding the submission of plans
for approval and record as it may deem reasonable and proper.
Before plans are drawn, or application filed, for a prospective
system of water supply, sewerage or refuse disposal, a prelim-
inary statement concerning the improvement may be made to
the State Board of Health, whereupon the State Board of