1134                                Laws of Maryland                         [Ch. 694

plant, or connect on with any of them in the same manner as provided
under Section 893 for systems existing at the time of the passage
of this sub-title. The Commission shall be empowered to extend its
water supply, sewerage or drainage systems into any area outside
of any sanitary district contiguous thereto and not included in any
other District on 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.

895.  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 Commission,
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 897 of this sub-title.

896.   All individuals, firms or corporations having buildings, con-
duits, pipes, tracks, poles or other structures or obstructions in, on,
over, under or through any public road, street or alley of any sanitary
district, which shall block or impede the construction and establish-
ment of the Commission's water supply, sewerage or drainage sys-
tems, or other works, shall upon reasonable notice from the Commis-
sion, promptly so shift, adjust, accommodate or remove such struc-
ture or obstructions as to fully meet the exigencies occasioning such
action; provided, however, that the costs of such changes shall be
borne and paid for by the Commission. Every public service corpora'
tion, company or individual before it or they shall begin any excava-
tion or construction in any street, road, alley or public highway within
any sanitary district shall file with the Commission plans of such
work and construction showing the location and depth in such street,
road, alley or public highway, of the proposed main, conduit, pole,
pipe or other structure, and such construction or work shall not be
begun until said plan shall have been approved 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 structure, interferes with the construction of or
operation of its water or sewage 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 Commission for damage that might be done to the
same by reason of the Commission's operations in constructing or
maintaining its system or works. Any violation of the provisions of
this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable under Section 897
of this subtitle.

897.   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