586 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 245

struct in any such street, road or alley or public highway, a
water main, sewer or drain, or any appurtenance thereof, with-
out the receipt of a permit or the payment of a charge; pro-
vided, that whenever any state, county or municipal highway
is to be disturbed the public authority having control thereof
shall be duly notified, and provided further that said highway
shall be repaired and left by the commission in the same, or a
not inferior, condition to that existing before being torn up,
and that all costs incident thereto shall be borne by the com-
mission.

SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That any employee or
agent of said commission shall have the right of entry, at all
reasonable hours, upon any private premises and into any build-
ing in the sanitary districts, or in those portions of Anne
Arundel County outside of said districts, while in pursuit of
his official duties, and any restraint or hindrance offered to
such entry by any owner or tenant, or agent of said owner or
tenant, shall be a misdemeanor punishable under Section 21
of this Act.

SEC. 20. And be it further enacted, That all individuals,
firms and corporations having buildings, conduits, pipes,
tracks or other physical obstructions in, over or under the
public roads, streets or alleys of the sanitary districts, or any
portion of Anne Arundel County outside of said districts,
which shall block or impede the progress of the commission's
water supply, sewerage or drainage system, while in process of
construction and establishment, shall, upon reasonable notice,
from said commission, promptly so shift, adjust, accommodate
or remove the same at their own cost and expense as to fully
meet the exigencies occasioning such notice; and should the
exigencies of any case involve the taking, in the constitutional
sense, of the franchise or right in the exercise of which such
construction had its origin, the commission shall be empowered
to condemn an easement in said franchise or right. Every pub-
lic service corporation, company or individual before it or
they shall begin any underground construction in any street,
road, alley or public highway within the sanitary districts
shall file with the commission a plan of such construction show-
ing the location and depth in such street, road, alley or public
highway of the proposed main, conduit or pipe; which plans
must be approved by the commission before such construction
is begun; and when approved no change shall be made in the
physical location of anything shown upon said plan except