1622 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 539

after reasonable notice shall connect all fixtures with the
water or sewer main. The city engineer may require that,
if existing fixtures are unsatisfactory, satisfactory ones
be installed and may require, in cooperation with public
health officials, that all cesspools, sinkdrains, and primes
be abandoned and left in such a way as not to injure public
health. All wells found to be polluted or a menace to health
shall be abandoned and closed. Any violation of the pro-
visions of this section shall be a misdemeanor.

RIGHT OF ENTRY

160. Any employee or agent of the Department of
Public Works, while in the necessary pursuit of his official
duties with regard to the water or sewage disposal sys-
tems operated by the city, shall have the right of entry at
all reasonable hours and after reasonable advance notice
to the owner, tenant, or person in possession, upon any
private premises and into any building in the city or in
those portions of Frederick County served by the city's
water or sewerage disposal systems. Any restraint or
hindrance offered to such entry by any owner, tenant, or
person in possession or the agent of any of them, shall be
a misdemeanor.

EXTENSIONS BEYOND BOUNDARIES

161. The City of Frederick shall have the power to
extend its water or sewerage systems beyond the city
limits.

CONSTRUCTION OF PRIVATE SYSTEMS

162. No water supply, sewerage, or storm water drain-
age system, and no water mains, sewers, or drains, or
connections therewith, shall be constructed or operated by
any person or persons, firm, corporation, institution, or
community, whether upon private premises or otherwise,
without the written consent of and under rules prescribed
by the Department of Public Works. Any violation of the
provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor.

POLLUTION OF WATER SUPPLY

163. No person shall do anything which will discolor,
pollute, or tend to pollute any water used or to be used,
in the city water supply system. Any violation of the pro-
visions of this section shall be a misdemeanor.