5S4 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 245

SEC. 16. And be it further enacted. That, after the passage
of this Act, whenever a municipality or the property owners
or residents of any locality in the sanitary districts shall desire
a water supply, sewerage or drainage system, or part thereof,
to be constructed in that municipality or locality, and the com-
mission shall decide that it is inexpedient or impracticable at
that time, owing to remoteness from its general system or other
causes, to build such system, such municipality or persons may
build and operate said system at its or their own expense, but
it shall be constructed under plans and specifications prepared
by said commission and under its supervision, and its main-
tenance and operation shall be under the general control of the
commission, which engineering and supervisory service shall
be rendered by the commission free of charge; and no such
system or part thereof, or no water main, sewer, storm-water
drain, water purification or sewerage disposal plant, or no
connection with the above, shall be constructed or installed ex-
cept as above provided, and any violation of this provision
shall be a misdemeanor punishable under Section 21 of this
Act. All construction and operation records, including cost
records, shall be filed with, the commission, which shall be em-
powered at any time to take over said system or part thereof,
or said water main, sewer, storm-water drain, water purifica-
tion or sewerage disposal plant, or connection with the above in
the same manner as provided under Section 15 for system exist-
ing at the time of the passage of this Act. The commission shall
be empowered to extend its water supply, sewerage, drainage
and refuse disposal systems into any area outside of sanitary
districts contiguous thereto or in the vicinity thereof, when-
ever the property owners of said area shall agree to the condi-
tions that may be imposed by said commission.

SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That whenever said
commission shall deem such action advisable it shall institute,
maintain and operate such systems of refuse collection and
disposal in any part or parts of the sanitary districts as in its
judgment shall best promote public health, economy and con-
venience, and shall prescribe the territory so to be served. The
commission shall have full power to prescribe and enforce rules
and regulations governing the treatment and storage of all
varieties of refuse on private property before collecting. When-
ever a system of refuse collection and disposal shall be estab-
lished in any area, existing systems or methods or refuse dis-
posal within said area shall be abandoned, and all properties
shall make use of the system provided by the commission. Any