948 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Commissioners, said clerk shall issue a permit to the applicant
to open said street and to connect with said sewer, the license
fee to be accounted for by the clerk as other license fees are
now accounted for.

SEC. 2. Any person or corporation desiring to tap, or con-
nect with or open, for the purposes of repair, any public sewer
in the towns and villages of Anne Arundel County, upon any
street upon which vitrified brick, Belgian block, Macadam, as-
phalt or any high-grade pavement has been laid, shall in all
respects conform to the provisions of Section 1 of this Article
in regard to filing of petition and form of same, and said peti-
tion when received, shall be referred to the County Road Engi-
neer, and it shall be the duty of said Engineer to immediately
assess what, in his judgment, will compensate the County and
pay for the injury to the bed of said street by reason of laying
said connecting sewer, which assessment shall be returned upon
said petition, and upon the payment of said assessment in cash
to the Clerk to the County Commissioners, the said clerk is here-
by authorized to issue a permit for opening said street as pro-
vided for in Section 1 of this Act.

SEC. 3. From and after the first day of September, 1914,
it shall not be lawful for any person or persons, or body cor-
porate to empty or discharge, or cause or allow to be emptied or
discharged, from the premises occupied by any of them, directly
or indirectly, to or upon any of the public streets .of the towns
and villages of Anne Arundel County, any water or any liquid
whatever, except rain water flowing in its natural course; pro-
vided, that the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any
street or part of street where no public sewer has been laid by
said County.

SEC. 4. It shall not be lawful for any person or corporation
to tap, dig up, connect with, or in any manner injure or dis-
turb any public sewer, except as provided in this Act.

SEC. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person or corporation
who has obtained permission to open any street for the purposes
act forth in Sections 1 and 2 of this Act, to leave the street bed
opened for a period longer than the time stated in said petition,
or to wilfully neglect or refuse to restore the street bed to its
original condition; provided, that in cases of delay caused by
bad weather or other natural cause, the County Road Engineer
may extend the time for the completion of said work.