1456 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 662

(a) To operate and maintain a water system and water
plant.

(b) To construct and operate a sanitary sewerage sys-
tem, a sewage treatment plant, and/or storm water sewers.

(c) To construct, operate, and maintain a system of re-
fuse collection and disposal.

(d) To install, operate, and maintain fire plugs where-
ever it deems them necessary.

(e) To construct, maintain, reconstruct, enlarge, alter,
repair, improve or dispose of all parts, installations, and
structures of the above systems and plants.

(f) To have surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates
made for any of the above plants or systems or parts there-
of or the extension thereof.

(g) To do all things it deems necessary for the efficient
operation and maintenance of the above plants and systems,

CONSTRUCTION:

87. The city, through the clerk, shall advertise for sealed
bids for any major construction undertaken under Section
86 (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e). Bids may be asked for the
work as a whole or in parts. The contract shall be let to
the lowest responsible bidder, and all contracts shall be ap-
proved by the council. If the council feels that all the bids
are unreasonable, it may direct the clerk to readvertise.

ENTERING ON COUNTY OR STATE PUBLIC WAYS:

88. The town CITY may enter upon or do construction in
ON any county public way for the purpose of installing or
repairing any equipment or doing any other things neces-
sary to establish, operate, and maintain the water system,
sanitary sewerage system, sewage treatment plant, or storm
water sewers provided for in this charter. The city need not
obtain any permit or pay any charge for these operations,
but it must notify the county of its intent to enter on the
public way and must leave the public way in a condition not
inferior to that existing before. When the city desires to en-
ter on any state highway for the purposes aforesaid, it
must first comply with the provisions of Section 21 of
Article 89B of the Code of Public General Laws of Mary-
land (1939 edition).

OBSTRUCTIONS:

89. All individuals, firms, or corporations, before begin-
ning any construction or placing or changing the location