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sion may enter and take possession of the property so con-
demned, upon first paying to the Clerk of the Court the amount
of said award and all costs taxed to date, notwithstanding any
appeal or further proceedings upon the part of the defendant;
at the time of said payment, however, it shall give its corporate
undertaking to abide by and fulfill any judgment in such ap-
peal or further proceeding.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That as soon after the
organization as possible said Commission shall cause surveys,
plans, specifications and estimates to be made for water sup-
ply, sewerage and drainage systems in those portions of the
county in which, in its judgment, such systems, or any of them,
are necessary, and shall divide such territory into water, sew-
erage or drainage districts in such a way as shall, in its judg-
ment, best serve the needs of the various communities and shall
promote convenience and economy of installation and opera-
tion. Whenever, and as, plans are completed in those districts
most needing service, the Commission shall give notice, by
publication in one or more newspapers published within the
county, that said improvements are contemplated and shall
state the probable cost thereof, that plans of same may be seen
at its office, and that at a time specified in said notice any per-
sons interested in said improvements will be heard. Said Com-
mission may, however, without notice, make such connection of
water and sewer lines as may be deemed necessary for the

immediate relief of any community.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of
providing funds for the design, construction, establishment,
purchase or condemnation of the water supply, sewerage, and
drainage systems in each of the sanitary districts, said com-
mission is authorized and empowered to issue bonds, from
time to time, in such amounts as it may deem necessary to
carry on its work, but at no time shall the total issue of bonds
for any purpose, under this Act, exceed ten per centum of
the total assessable basis of property assessed for county taxa-
tion purposes, within each of the sanitary districts, provided,
however, that the issuance of said bonds under this Act shall be
first approved by the Public Service Commission of Maryland,
upon proper petition, notice and hearing as now provided by
law for public service corporations in the State of Maryland
and the said Public Service Commission is hereby given juris-
diction and authority to determine the reasonableness of all
such issues of bonds. Said bonds shall be either registered or