THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 987

the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1918,
said Act creating a Sanitary District within Montgomery
and Prince George's Counties contiguous to the District
of Columbia.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 16 of Chapter 122 of the Acts of
the General Assembly of Maryland of 1918 be and the same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, so
as to read as follows:

16. That, after the passage of this Act, whenever a
municipality or the property owners or residents of any
locality in the Sanitary District shall desire a water supply,
sewerage or drainage system, or part thereof, to be con-
structed in that municipality or locality, and the Com-
mission shall decide that it is inexpedient or impracticable
at that time, owing to remoteness from its general system
or other cause, to build such system, such municipality or
persons may build and operate said system at its or their
own expense, [but it shall be constructed under plans and
specifications prepared by said Commission and under its
supervision, and its maintenance and operation shall be
under the general control of the Commission, which en-
gineering and supervisory service shall be rendered by the
Commission free of charge; ] but it shall be constructed
under plans and specifications submitted to and approved
by said Commission and its construction, maintenance and
operation shall be under the supervision and general con-
trol of said Commission; and no such system or part there-
of, or no water main, sewer, storm-water drain, water puri-
fication or sewage disposal plant, or no connection with the
above, shall be constructed or installed except as above
provided, and any violation of this provision shall be a mis-
demeanor punishable under Section 21 of this Act. All
construction and operating records, including cost records,
shall be filed with the Commission, which shall be em-
powered at any time to take over said system or part
thereof, or said water main, sewer, storm-water drain,
water purification or sewage disposal plant, or connection
with the above, in the same manner as provided under
Section 15 for systems existing at the time of the passage
of this Act. The Commission shall be empowered to ex-
tend its water supply, sewerage, drainage and refuse dis-
posal systems into any area outside of the Sanitary Dis-
trict contiguous thereto or in the vicinity thereof, when-
ever the property owners of said area shall agree to the
conditions that may be imposed by said Commission.