THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                    1133

public highway within any sanitary district shall file with the Com-
mission plans of such work and construction showing the location
and depth in such street, road, alley or public highway, of the pro-
posed main, conduit, pole, pipe or other structure, and such construc-
tion or work shall not be begun until said plan shall have been ap-
proved by the Commission, nor shall any change be made in said
approved plan or in the work or construction as shown upon said
plan except on further approval of the Commission. Whenever any
main, conduit, pole, pipe or other structure is put in without the
filing of plans with the Commission and the approval thereof by it,
or when any change is made in the location of such main, conduit,
pipe, pole or other structure as shown upon the plans approved by
the Commission, or any approved change therein, the Commission
may, if and when such conduit, main, pipe or pole, or other struc-
ture, interferes with the construction of or operation of its water or
sewerage system, or other works, remove such conduit, main, pipe,
pole or other structures or change the location thereof at the cost and
expense of the party so putting them in, or their heirs, assigns or
successors, and without any liability upon the part of the Commis-
sion for damage that might be done to the same by reason of the
Commission's operations in constructing or maintaining its systems
or works. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be a
misdemeanor punishable under Section 414 of this sub-title.

414. Every act or omission designated as a misdemeanor in this
sub-title, unless otherwise provided, shall be punishable by any trial
magistrate or the Circuit Court of the county within which such
offense is committed, and the offender shall, upon conviction, be
subject to a fine of not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or
to confinement for not more than thirty (30) days in the county
jail, or both, in the discretion of the magistrate or Circuit Court.
Where such act or omission is of a continuing nature and is per-
sisted in, in violation of the provisions of this sub-title or any rule
or regulation formulated thereunder, a conviction for one offense
shall not be a bar to the conviction for a continuation of such offense
subsequent to the first or any succeeding conviction.

415. Any land owned by a church, and constituting the premises
occupied by such or its parsonage, and used exclusively for public
worship or for other religious or customary purposes of a church or
parsonage and not for investment, gain or other secular purposes,
and any land owned by any private eleemosynary corporation where-
in is conducted a school or schools, shall be exempt from the benefit
assessments provided for by this sub-title in respect of a frontage of
not exceeding 150 feet. The Commission may, in its discretion,
exercise in each individual case, grant or withhold a further ex-
emption of the land so owned and used in respect of any frontage
thereof in excess of 150 feet hereinbefore provided for.

416. The Commission shall be, and it is hereby authorized to pre-
scribe all needful rules and regulations for the administration and
enforcement of this sub-title.

417. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of
this sub-title are hereby repealed to the extent of their inconsistency,
provided that nothing contained shall be taken as restricting any