HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1775

of Baltimore County under the Metropolitan District Act
and the integration of provisions of prior law of County-
wide application with the provisions of the Metropolitan
District Act; to prohibit the acquisition in any manner of
any public or private property by the County Commissioners
of Baltimore County within the territorial limits of Balti-
more City; to prohibit the exercise of the power of condemna-
tion or the impairment by said County Commissioners of any
existing or future facility or right of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore; to provide for negotiation and arbi-
tration of the mutual rights of said County Commissioners
and of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore in the
Patapsco River and to provide for similar settlement of cer-
tain other question which now or hereafter may arise be-
tween said authorities; to revise and clarify the basis upon
which work is sanctioned and cost estimates are made by the
Chief Sanitary Engineer of the Metropolitan District; to
provide that certain new construction or extensions under
special circumstances need not be financially self-supporting;
to eliminate the obsolete provision for extensions of water
supply lines in the Metropolitan District by the City at the
request of the County Commissioners of Baltimore County
and to state instead the existing practice of construction by
the County Commissioners with the approval and inspection
of the City of Baltimore; to provide that consumers shall pay
the cost of water meters; to consolidate and to clarify Sec-
tions 332, 353 and 357 of said Article, in order to clearly pro-
vide for the obligation of Baltimore City to furnish water in
Baltimore County; to provide for procedure for establish-
ing water service rates to be charged by Baltimore City to
consumers in Baltimore County; to provide for the furnish-
ing of water by Baltimore City to the Metropolitan District
at cost entirely without profit or loss and to establish the
procedure for determining said cost; to provide for the
keeping of records by the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more to reflect actual income from the Metropolitan District
water consumers and to require periodical accounting to the
County Commissioners of Baltimore County for any profits
derived by Baltimore City from the furnishing of water to
consumers in the Metropolitan District, subject to deduc-
tions for any loss sustained by the City of Baltimore; to
eliminate the requirement that the County Commissioners
shall pay for water and sewer connections for property
owners; to clarify the powers of the County Commissioners
as to certain charges and assessments to property owners; to
provide an additional classification of property assessable
for benefits; and to alter the manner of handling income from
assessments and charges under the Act.