THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                    1121

such an appeal is taken thereto, rule that said sanitary district is
necessary for the health, welfare and safety of the residents residing
therein, then said Commission shall cause plats of such area to be
made under the supervision of its chief engineer showing the proposed
water and/or sewerage system, one copy of which plat shall be filed
in the office of the Commission, one in the office of the County Com-
missioners and one in a plat book indexed "Cecil County Metropolitan
Commission" in the office where the Land Records of Cecil County
are kept, and upon the filing of said plat and the approval thereof by
the County Commissioners of said County and the Commission, such
sanitary district or districts shown on said plat shall be and the same
is hereby designated and constituted for the purpose of this sub-title
to be a separate sanitary district and shall be given by the Commis-
sion a distinctive name and shall be subject to all of the provisions
of this sub-title, and the filing of said plat shall constitute legal
notice to the public of such action of the Commission. for the purpose
of providing for the organization and preliminary expenses of any
newly constituted sanitary district or districts, the County Commis-
sioners shall furnish the Commission a sum not exceeding Twenty-
five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) which shall be repaid out of the
first bond issue or income of the particular district.

396. Whenever fifty property owners residing in any locality in
Cecil County, shall in writing petition the Commission to have said
locality, (the boundaries whereof shall be definitely stated in said
petition) constituted as a new sanitary district, then if the Commis-
sion in its discretion shall deem it expedient to constitute said lo-
cality as a sanitary district in accordance with the prayer of said
petition, and if the County Commissioners consent thereto, the Com-
mission shall cause plats of such locality to be made under the super-
vision of its chief engineer, showing the proposed water, sewerage
or drainage systems, one copy of which plat shall be filed in the
office of the Commission, one in the office of the County Commis-
sioners and one in a plat book indexed ⁽ⁱCecil County Metropolitan
Commission"', in the office where the land records of Cecil County are
kept; and upon the filing of said plat and the approval of said lo-
cality by the County Commissioners of said County and the Com-
mission, such sanitary district shoivn on said plat shall be, and the
same is hereby designated and constituted for the purpose of this
sub-title to be a separate sanitary district, and shall be given by the
Commission a distinctive name and shall be subject to all the pro-
visions of this sub-title, and the filing of said plat shall constitute
legal notice to the public of such action of the Commission. That for
the purpose of providing for the organization and preliminary ex-
penses of any newly constituted sanitary district, the County Com-
missioners shall furnish the Commission, from time to time as neces-
sary, such a sum or sums as shall be required to pay for such ex-
penses, including any expenses that may be incurred for the prepara-
tion of preliminary plans and cost estimates for any sewerage, water
supply or drainage project that the Commission may contemplate
constructing, which shall be repaid out of the first bond issue of the
particular district.

897. The Commission shall cause surveys, plans, specifications and
estimates to be made for water supply, sewerage, SEWAGE TREAT-
MENT and drainage systems in those portions of Cecil County in

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