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shall forthwith have such property or territory connected with
the nearest convenient County Sewer, and they shall proceed
to assess the benefits and damages for such connection in this
manner provided for the establishment and construction of
sewerage systems in the preceding sections of this Act, and
where in their judgment it is necessary they shall borrow
money and pledge the credit of the County therefor (but
not to any greater amount than hereinbefore specified in Sec-
tion 3, of this Act) for constructing or establishing such con-
nection, and levy taxes on the property benefited for the pay-
ment of the same in the same manner as is provided in Sec-
tions 3 and 4 of this Act, for the establishment and construc-
tion of sewerage systems.

SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That whenever the County
Commissioners of Baltimore County shall be lawfully directed
by the State Board of Health of Maryland to construct or es-
tablish any sewerage or sanitation system, they shall construct
and maintain the same under the provisions of this Act And
provided further that nothing in this Act contained, shall, or
shall be deemed to, in any way. limit or affect the powers here-
tofore delegated to the State Board of Health, except as to the
limit to which the credit of the county may be pledged as here-
inbefore designated in Section 3 of this Act; nor shall any
sewer, sewerage, drainage or sanitary system be constructed,
purchased, acquired or established, except upon receipt of a
written permit from the State Board of Health. And pro-
vided further that nothing herein shall be construed to give
authority to construct or establish any sewerage system involv-
ing the discharge of sewage, unless the same shall have been
purified by treatment in a settling or sterilizing plant, or some
other system, adequate for the purpose, as distinguished from
storm water or ground drainage, into the Chesapeake Bay or
any of its tributaries, or into any stream, which runs into
Baltimore City.

SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That all laws or parts of
laws, all acts or parts of acts, public or local, inconsistent here-
with, be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of
such inconsistency. Provided, however, that nothing herein
shall be construed to repeal, alter, or amend any law existing
prior to the passage of this Act, relating to the construction,
operation or maintenance of a sewerage system for Baltimore
City.

Approved April 4th, 1916.