450 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 254

maintaining and operating the sewerage system and sewage
disposal plant provided for under this Act, and they may con-
struct in such street, road or alley or public highway a sewer
or any appurtenance thereof, but first must obtain a permit
without charge from the proper authorities controlling such
street, road or alley or public highway, provided that when-
ever any State, county or municipal highway is to be disturbed
that said highway shall be repaired and left by the Commis-
sion 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 Commission.

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That upon application
to the Commission any property owner, whose property does
not abut on a sewer, may have his property connected with the
system at his own expense, except that the Commission shall
install and pay for the portion referred to in Section 6; and
thereafter his property shall be assessed as though abutting on
the sewer, provided, however, that said Commission shall have
the right at any and all times to treat such property in the
same manner as they would a private property, as under Sec-
tion 11.

SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That any individual,
firm or corporation having buildings, conduits, pipes, tracks or
other physical construction in, over or under the public roads,
streets or alleys of the area served by the sewerage system and
sewage disposal plant that block or impede the progress of the
sewerage Commission in constructing their sewerage system
and sewage disposal plant shall, upon reasonable notice from
said Sewerage Commission promptly shift, adjust, move or
remove same at their own cost and expense, so as to fully meet
the exigencies of the occasion, provided, however, this section
shall not apply to the Bel Air Water and Light Co. 's mains.

SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That the Commission
and any employee or agent of said Commission shall have the
right of entry at all reasonable hours, upon any private prem-
ises and into any building within their jurisdiction, while in
the performance of their 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 17.

SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That every act or
omission designated as a misdemeanor in this Act shall be