1320 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 539

age systems, or other property. At any time after ten
days following the return and recordation of the verdict
or award in said proceedings, the Commissioners may en-
ter and take possession of the property so condemned, upon
first paying to the Clerk of the Court the amount of said award
and all costs taxed to date, notwithstanding any appeal or fur-
ther proceedings upon the part of the defendant; at the time
of said payment, however, they shall give their corporate
undertaking to abide by and fulfill any judgment on such ap-
peal or further proceeding. The provisions of this Section
shall not apply to the properties, plants, franchises and rights
of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, or to any prop-
erties, plants, franchises and rights that may be hereafter ac-
quired by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore for the
protection or enlargement of its water supply, sewerage, storm-
water drainage, or refuse disposal systems or any other of its
utility properties, except by and with the consent of the Mayor
and City Council of said city, but shall apply to any and all
other property necessary for the purposes of this Act which
may, at the time of condemnation, be subject to a prior pub-
lic use for water supply, sewerage and drainage systems.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That as soon after or-
ganization as possible, and from time to time thereafter, the
Commissioners shall cause surveys, studies, plans, specifica-
tions and estimates to be made for water supply, sewerage and
storm-water drainage systems in all those parts of the Balti-
more County Metropolitan District in which there is, in their
judgment, a need for water supply, sewerage or drainage. The
Commissioners shall divide the Metropolitan District into
water, sewerage or drainage sub-districts in such a way as
shall in their judgment best serve the needs of the various
communities and shall promote convenience and economy of in-
stallation and operation, which sub-districts when so created
shall be numerically designated in the order of their creation
as Metropolitan Sub-districts, and shall thereafter be known
by the designations so given. Whenever and as plans are com-
pleted for those sub-districts most needing service, the Com-
missioners shall give notice by publication for two successive
weeks in one or more newspapers published in Baltimore Coun-
ty that said improvements are contemplated, that the bounda-
ries of the sub-district have been established and the classifica-
tions provided for in Section 9 hereof, have been made, and
that at a time specified in said notice which shall be at least