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them in, or their assigns or successors, and without any liabil-
ity upon the part of the Commission for damage that might
be done to the same by reason of the Commission's operations,
in constructing or maintaining its systems or works. Any viola-
tion of the provisions of this Section shall be a misdemeanor
punishable under Section 22 of this Act.

SEC. 23. And be it further enacted, That every Act or
omission designated as a misdemeanor in this Act, unless other-
wise provided, shall be punishable by any Justice of the Peace
or the Circuit Court of the County within which such offense
is committed, and upon summons, warrant or indictment upon
the oath or information of any member of said Commission,
or of any agent or employee thereof when expressly authorized
by the Commission, and the offender shall, upon conviction, be
subject to a fine not exceeding $100.00, or to confinement for
not more than thirty days in the County jail, or both, in the
discretion of the Magistrate or Circuit Court. Where such act.
or omission is of a continuing nature and is persisted in, in
violation of the provisions of this Act or of any rule or regu-
lation formulated thereunder, a conviction for one offense shall
not be a bar to the conviction for a continuation of such
offense subsequent to the first or any succeeding conviction.

SEC. 24. And be it further enacted, That any land owned
by a Church, and constituting the premises occupied by such
Church or its parsonage, and used exclusively for public wor-
ship or for other religious or customary purposes of a church
or parsonage and not for investment, gain or other secular pur-
poses, shall be exempt from the benefit assessments provided for
by this Act in respect of a frontage of not exceeding 150 feet;
and this exemption shall take effect from and after the passage
of this Act. The Commission may, in its discretion, exercised
in each individual case, grant or withhold a further exemption
of land so owned and used in respect of any frontage thereof in
excess of the 150 feet hereinbefore provided for.

SEC. 25. And be it further enacted, That the Public Ser-
vice Commission of Maryland is hereby given jurisdiction to
determine, upon appeal, the reasonableness of all assessments,
tax levies or service charges, as in the case of Public Service
corporations, upon written complaint of any one financially
interested therein, under such regulations as said Public Ser-
vice Commission may from time to time order and provide.
All appeals shall be taken within thirty days from the date of
the promulgation or levy of any such assessment, tax levy or
service charge by the Sanitary Commission.
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