1122                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 669

which the Commission exercises authority, and shall divide each sani-
tary district into water, seiverage and drainage districts in such way
as shall, in its judgment, best serve the needs of the various communi-
ties, and shall promote convenience and economy in the installation
and operation. Whenever, and as, such plans are completed, the Com-
mission shall give notice by publication in one newspaper published
within the County, for three weeks, and by handbills posted and circu-
lated in the localities where said improvements are contemplated, and
shall state in said notice the probable cost of the contemplated im-
provements, and shall further state therein that plans of the improve-
ments may be inspected at the Commission's office or such other place
in said County as the Commission may designate and that any person
interested in said improvement will be heard by the Commission at a
time to be specified in the notice, but not less than ten days after the
first publication thereof. If twenty-five residents and landowners in
the sanitary district wherein the improvements are contemplated shall
thereupon, and within ten days after the last of said publications of
said notice, file a petition with the Commission protesting against
the proposed improvement, the Commission shall grant them a hear-
ing within fifteen days after such petition is filed in the office of the
Commission and after not less than five days notice of the time and
place of said hearing by advertisement published in one newspaper
published within the County, and by personal notices addressed to
any one or more persons whose names are signed to said petition.
After due hearing as aforesaid, the Commission shall decide upon
the reasonableness of the objections stated in the petition; and shall
dispose of the same by written order concurred in by a majority of
the Commissioners, which order shall be published in the same manner
as herein required to be published and a copy of which shall be mailed
to any one or more of the petitioners. If the petitioners are not
satisfied with the Commission's decision, they shall have the right
to take and enter, within ten days after the last publication of said
order as aforesaid, an appeal to the County Commissioners of Cecil
County, who shall review the Commission's decision and decide as
to the necessity and propriety of the improvemnt contemplated and
whether the district can stand the cost of the same; and the decision
of the County Commissioners shall be final.

898. for the purpose of providing funds for the design, construction,
establishment, purchase or condemnation of water supply, seiverage,
and drainage systems in any of the sanitary districts, said Commission
is authorized and empowered to issue bonds, from time to time upon
the full faith and credit of Cecil County, in such amounts as it may
deem necessary to carry on its ivork, but at no time shall the total issue
of bonds in any sanitary district for all purposes under this sub-title
exceed fifteen THIRTY-THREE AND ONE-THIRD per centum of
the total value of the property assessed for county taxation purposes
within said sanitary district. Said bonds shall be serial bonds issued
upon the serial maturity plan and in such denominations as shall be
determined by the Commission, said bonds may be redeemable before
maturity at the option of the Commission at such price and under
such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the Commission prior
to the issuance of said bonds, shall bear interest at a rate not exceed-
ing five per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, and shall
mature in not more than forty years after date of issue and shall be
forever exempt from State, city and county taxation. They shall