1744 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 991

chase or redemption of any bonds or debt which may be out-
standing against the same or the Commission may as a part of
the purchase price of said system, assume the payment of any
such outstanding bond. The Commission shall not purchase
any existing water mains, sewer or systems, in whole or in part,
which are improperly constructed or are not of sufficient capa-
city or were constructed without proper authority from the
State Department of Health since the passage of the Act re-
quiring the same.

SEC. 17. And be it further enacted., That after the passage
of this Act, whenever a municipality or the property owners or
residents of any locality in the Metropolitan District shall
desire a water supply, sewerage or drainage system, or part
thereof, to be constructed in that municipality or locality,
and the Commission shall decide that it is inexpedient or im-
practicable at that time, owing to the remoteness from its
general system or other causes, to build such system, such
municipality or persons may build and operate said system at
its own expense, but it shall be constructed under plans and
Specifications prepared by the Commission and under its
supervision, and its maintenance and operation shall be under
the general control of the Commission; and no such system or
part thereof, and no water main, sewer, storm drain, water,
or sewerage treatment plant, not connected with any of
them, shall be constructed or installed except as in this sec-
tion provided, and any violation of this provision shall be a
misdemeanor punishable under Section 21 of this sub-title.
All construction and operating records, including cost records,
shall be filed with the Commission, which shall be empowered
at any time to take over said system or part thereof, or said
water main, sewer, storm drain, water or sewage treat-
ment plant, or connection with any of them, in the same
manner as provided under Section 16 for systems existing at
the time of the passage of this Act. The Commission shall be
empowered to extend its water supply, sewerage or drainage
systems into any area outside of any sanitary district con-
tiguous thereto or in the vicinity thereof, when the property
owners of said area shall agree to the charges, assessments
and conditions that may be imposed by the Commission as
hereinbefore outlined.

SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That the Commission
may enter upon and excavate any State, County or municipal
street, road or alley, or any other public highway, for the
purpose of installing, maintaining and operating the water
supply, sewerage or drainage systems provided for under this
Act, and it may construct in any such street, road, alley, or
public highway, a water main, sewer or drain or any appurte-
nance thereof, without the receipt of a permit or the payment