: 1732 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 991

mission. That for the purpose of providing for the organiza-
tion and preliminary expenses of any newly constituted sub-
district, the Commission may borrow from the County Com-
missioners, or any person, bank or corporation, on notes or
other evidence of indebtedness a sum not exceeding Five Thou-
sand Dollars (f 5, 000. 00) which shall be repaid out of the first
bond issue of the particular district.

, ' SEC, 4. And be it further enacted, That the Commission
shall cause surveys, plans, specifications and estimates to be
made for water supply, sewerage and drainage systems in
those portions of Howard County in which the Commission
exercises authority, and shall divide each sub-district into
water, sewerage and drainage districts in such way as shall,
in its judgment, best serve the needs of the various communi-
ties, and shall promote convenience and economy of installa-
tion and operation. Whenever, and as, such plans are com-
pleted, the Commission shall give notice by publication in one
newspaper published within the County, for three weeks, and
by handbills posted and circulated in the localities where said
improvements are contemplated, and shall state in said notice
' the probable cost of the contemplated improvements, and shall
further state therein that plans of the improvements may be
i inspected at the Commission's office and that any person in-
terested in said improvements will be heard by the Commis-
sion at a time to be specified in the notice, but not less than
ten days after first publication thereof. If ten residents and
landowners in the district wherein the improvements are con-
templated shall thereupon, and within ten days after the last
of said publications of said notice, file a petition with the Com-
mission protesting against the proposed improvement, the
Commission shall grant them a hearing within ten days after
such petition is filed in the office of the Commission and after
not less than five days notice of the time and place of said
hearing by advertisement published in one newspaper pub-
lished within the County, and by personal notices addressed to
any one or more persons whose names are signed to said peti-
tion. After due hearing as aforesaid, the Commission shall
decide upon the reasonableness of the objections stated in the
petition; and shall dispose of the same by written order con-
curred in by a majority of the Commissioners, which order
shall be published in the same manner as notices are herein
required to be published and a copy of which shall be mailed
to any one or more of the petitioners. If the petitioners are
not satisfied with the Commission's decision, they shall have
the right to take arid enter, within ten days after the last
publication of said order as aforesaid, an appeal to the County
Commissioners of Howard County, who shall review the Com-