1784 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 715

requested, all persons having any interest whatsoever in said
property, and in addition thereto the Commission shall give
three weeks7 notice of its intention to purchase said property
in a newspaper or newspapers published within said County
where the property is located, and each person having any
claim whatsoever against said property shall file its, his or
her claim with said Commission on or before the expiration
date mentioned in said notice, at. which time any and all per-
sons will be heard and their rights determined by the Com-
mission, which said hearing shall be final. In the event of
failure to agree to the purchase price or conditions of pur-
chase of said water or sewerage system, whether privately or
municipally owned, the said Commission may acquire the
same by condemnation in the same manner as it is authorized
to acquire land by this sub-title, subject to limitations here-
inafter stipulated in Section 463X wherein no powers of con-
demnation are authorized against the property owned or
controlled by the Mayor and Commissioners of Westernport
and the Mayor and Councilmen of Frostburg and the Mayor
and Councilmen of Cumberland. In the condemnation of
privately owned water or sewerage systems the jury shall
take into consideration as a part of their award any pay-
ment contribution or tax upon the respective lot owners or
purchasers toward the construction of said system, and where
said system or systems have been built in connection with or
for the purpose of developing home sites, subdivisions or
villages, or by any individuals, firm or corporation, and such
system or systems have been offered as an inducement for the
purchase of lot or land therein, the jury shall deduct from
the determined value of the plant or system such sum as it
may reasonably determine was added to the purchase price
of said land or lots in the sale thereof for the purpose of con-
structing said systems. Privately owned systems shall be
taken under said condemnation by the Commission free and
clear of all debts and liens, but said Commission shall make
a party defendant any person, firm or corporation having
any recorded lien or incumbrance against the same, and the
Circuit Court is hereby empowered and authorized to deter-
mine the respective amounts due the defendants, and from
and after payment into Court or to the proper parties the
Commission shall be authorized to take possession of, main-
tain and operate said system, whether private or municipal,
as a part of its general system, and from the date of such
payment all properties along the line of any water main or
sewer of the system as acquired shall stand in the same rela-
tion, bear the same benefit assessment, and be subject to the
same regulations and penalties as though the system so ac-
quired had been constructed and put into operation by the