1786 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 715

treatment plant, or connect on with any of them in the same
manner as provided under Section 463P for systems existing
on June 1, 1949. The Commission shall be empowered to
extend its water supply, sewerage or drainage systems into
any area outside of any sanitary district contiguous 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 out-
lined.

463E. 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, main-
taining and operating the water supply, sewerage or drain-
age systems provided for under this sub-title, and it may
construct in any such street, road, alley or public highway,
a water main, sewer or drain or any appurtenance thereof,
without the receipt of a permit or the payment of a charge;
provided, that whenever any State, County or Municipal
highway is to be disturbed the public authority having con-
trol thereof shall be duly notified; and provided further,
that said highway shall be repaired and left by the Com-
mission in the same condition as, or in a condition not in-
ferior to, that existing before said highway was torn up, and
that all costs incident thereto shall be borne by the Com-
mission.

463S., Any employee or agent of the Commission shall
have the right of entry, at all reasonable hours, upon any
private premises and into any buildings, in such sanitary
district, while in pursuit of his official duties, upon first pre-
senting proper credentials from the Commission, and any
restraint or hindrance offered to such entry by any owner
or tenant, or agent of said owner or tenant, or any other
person, shall be a misdemeanor punishable under Section
463U of this sub-title.

463T. All individuals, firms and corporations having build-
ings, conduits, pipes, tracks, poles or other structures or
obstructions in, on, over, under or through any public road,
street or alley of any sanitary district, or any portion of
Allegany County outside of any sanitary district, which shall
block or impede the construction and establishment of the
Commission's water supply, sewerage or drainage systems,
or other works, shall upon reasonable notice from the Com-
mission, promptly so shift, adjust, accommodate or remove
such structures or obstructions as to fully meet the exigen-
cies occasioning such action; provided, however, that the