1776 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 1017

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 329 of Article 3 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Baltimore
County", sub-title "Health and Sanitation" (Metropolitan
District), as the same was repealed and re-enacted by Chapter
681 of the Acts of 1943, be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

329. The Commissioners are hereby expressly authorized
and empowered to establish, construct, locate, maintain, oper-
ate, protect, preserve, repair, replace, extend or enlarge any
water supply, water supply system, water main, sewer, sewer
system, sewage disposal plant or field, reservoir, dam, water
purification or filtration plant, tank or pumping station, and
drains of any and every kind, nature and description, and all
other facilities, appurtenances and adjuncts that may be re-
quired for any of the purposes of this Act. Whenever deemed
necessary by the Commissioners in the exercise of any of the
aforegoing power and authority, said Commissioners are au-
thorized to acquire by purchase or, failing to agree on a pur-
chase price, to take by condemnation from any tenant, lessee,
owner, occupier, or holder of any interest, any land, structures
or buildings, source of water supply, stream bed, water way,
water rights, water shed, franchises, water, sewerage or drain-
age systems, or parts thereof, or other property, either in fee
or as an easement, within or without the Metropolitan Dis-
trict. Said Commissioners are expressly prohibited from ac-
quiring in any manner any public or private property of any
type within the territorial limits of Baltimore City, and are
further expressly prohibited from the exercise of the power of
condemnation against any existing or future facility or right of
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, or from in any man-
ner impairing or interfering with any such facility or right.
Proceedings for condemnation under this section shall He insti-
tuted in the Circuit Court for the County in which said land,
structures or buildings, source of water supply, stream bed,
water way, water rights, water shed, franchises, water, sewer-
age, or drainage systems, or other property is situated, as now
provided for condemnation of land by municipal corporations
in the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland.

Certain differences having arisen between the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore and the Commissioners with respect
to their mutual rights and needs in the use of the Patapsco
River for water supply and sewage disposal the said authorities
are hereby required to negotiate, and if they should fail to
reach an agreement by June 1st, 1945, they shall submit the
said differences to arbitration. In any such arbitration pro-
ceeding, the Commissioners shall appoint one (1) arbitrator
and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall appoint