THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                     359

the time of the passage of this sub-title. The Commission shall be
empowered to extend its water supply or sewerage systems into any
area outside of any sanitary district contiguous thereto or in the
vicinity thereof, when the property owners of said area shall agree
to the charges, assessments and conditions that may be imposed by
the Commission as hereinbefore outlined.

440.   The Commission is empowered to enter into a written agree-
ment with any owner upon a ten (10) year capital asset deficiency
basis, where subsequent benefit assessments may accrue and affect a
surplus in the Sinking Fund by reclassification or other legal assess-
ments within said period. Said agreement shall be subject to de-
preciation of said mains, overhead and other expenses not charged at
the time of construction, which fact shall be determined by the Com-
mission and shall be final.

441.  Should any part of a sanitary district established under this
sub-title be annexed by the City of Salisbury, the Commission may
enter into a contract with the Mayor and Council of Salisbury for the
sale of so much of the water or sewerage systems lying within said
annexed area, the terms of which shall be subject to the approval of
the County Commissioners of Wicomico County.

442.   The Commission may enter upon and excavate any State,
county or municipal street, road or alley, or any other public highway,
for the purpose of installing, maintaining and operating the water
supply or sewerage systems provided for under this sub-title, and
it may construct in any such street, road, alley or public highway, a
water main, sewer or drain or any appurtenance thereof, without
the receipt of a permit or the payment of a charge; provided, that
whenever any State, county or municipal highway is to be disturbed
the public authority having control thereof shall be duly notify; and
provided further, that said highway shall be repaired and left by the
Commission in the same condition as, or in a condition not inferior
to, that existing before said highway was torn up, and that all costs
incident thereto shall be borne by the Commission.

443.   Any employee or agent of the Commission shall have the
right of entry, at all reasonable hours upon any private premises and
into any building, in such sanitary district, while in pursuit of his
official duties, upon first presenting proper credentials from the Com-
mission, and any restraint or hindrance offered to such entry by any
owner or tenant, or agent of said owner or tenant, or any other
person, shall be a misdemeanor punishable under Section 445 of
this sub-title.

444. All individuals, firms or corporations having buildings, con-
duits, pipes, tacks TANKS, poles or other structures or obstructions
in, on, over, under or through any public road, street or alley of any
sanitary district, or any portion of Wicomico County outside of any
sanitary district, which shall block or impede the construction and
establishment of the Commission's water supply or sewerage systems,
or other works, shall upon reasonable notice from the Commission,
promptly so shift, adjust, accommodate or remove such structures or
obstructions as to fully meet the exigencies occasioning such action;
provided, however, that the costs of such changes shall be borne and