362 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 197

be included in a single sewerage system shall file with the
Board of County Commissioners of Baltimore County a peti-
tion stating the location and extent of the proposed sewerage
system, the public need therefor and the names and residences
of the petitioners, and asking for the establishment of such
system, the Board of County Commissioners shall thereupon
employ a competent sanitary engineer to make an accurate
survey of the area which would be benefited by the construc-
tion of such sewerage system, and to investigate and report to
the said Board of County Commissioners the number of dwell-
ings, stores, factories or other buildings, and the number of
persons residing in the area to be served by such system, the
probable location and size of the main and lateral sewer main,
and the location, character and size of any plant or means for
the disposition of the sewage or water collected through such
system, and the probable cost of constructing the said sewerage
system, and the probable annual cost of maintaining the same.
And said engineer shall file with said report a plat showing
accurately by metes and bounds the area to be benefited by
the construction and establishment of such system, together
with the roads, alleys and streets, whether public or private, in
such area, the location of the main and lateral sewer mains and
the location and character of the plant or means for disposing
of the sewerage collected by the proposed system. Such survey
shall be made and said report and plat filed with said Com-
missioners within sixty days from such request. Upon the filing
of such report and plat the said Board of County Commission-
ers shall submit a copy of said report and plat to the State
Board of Health and when said Board shall approve in writing
the said plans of said system as to sanitary efficiency, design
and character, then the said County Commissioners of Balti-
more County shall fix a day for a public hearing on said peti-
tion, and shall give notice thereof by publishing said petition
and the date for such hearing in some newspaper published in
Baltimore County for not less than two successive weeks. At
such hearing all persons affected by the construction of the
proposed system may appear and be heard upon the question
as to whether the public health and convenience requires the
establishment of the proposed system.

The County Commissioners of Baltimore County will there-
upon determine whether the public health and convenience
require the construction and maintenance of the proposed sew-
erage system, and if, in their judgment, said proposed system