ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1295

348-L. Municipal authorities shall be empowered and author-
ized to establish, and enforce compliance with such establishment,
street lines and grades wherever they may deem it necessary
or expedient so to do for the proper construction, establishment
or extension of a water, sewerage or drainage system under their
control; or street lines and grades established by individuals,
firms or corporations shall be approved by said authority where-
ever they deem it necessary for the proper construction, establish-
ment or extension of a water, sewerage or drainage system at
the time of such establishment, or at a future time; and if any
street lines or grades are established by individuals, firms or
corporations without such approval, said authorities may refuse
to give water, sewerage or drainage service to the properties
abutting on streets the lines and grades of which have been
established.

348-M. Any employee or agent of municipal authorities shall
have the right of entry, at all reasonable hours, upon any private
premises and into any building within their jurisdiction, while
in pursuit of his official duties; and any restraint or hindrance
offered to such entry, by an owner or tenant or agent of said
owner or tenant, shall be a misdemeanor punishable under
Section 348-0.

348-N. Municipal authorities shall have full power and
authority to enter into any contracts or agreements with other
municipal authorities, or with county, state or federal author-
ities, with respect to obtaining a supply of water or the disposal
of sewage, drainage or refuse, or with respect to any other
matter necessary or advisable for the proper and economical
construction, establishment, maintenance or operation of a water
supply, sewerage, drainage or refuse disposal system.

348-O. Every act or omission designated as a misdemeanor
in this Act, unless otherwise stated, shall be punishable before
any justice of the peace or the Circuit Court of the county
within which such offense is committed, and action shall be
brought by warrant or indictment upon the oath or information
of any municipal official, or any agent of municipal authorities,
and the offender shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not
exceeding $100 or 30 days in the county jail, or both, in the
discretion of the Court. Where such act or omission is of a
continuing nature, and is persisted in, in violation of the provi-
sions of this Act or of any rule or regulation formulated there-
under, a conviction for one offense shall not be a bar to a
conviction for a continuation of such offense subsequent to
the first or any succeeding conviction.