Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                   1427

present capacity for future use in connection with the supply or dis-
tribution of water and any integral part thereof, including water
supply systems, water distribution systems, reservoirs, dams, wells,
intakes, mains, laterals, pumping stations, standpipes, filtration
plants, purification plants, hydrants, meters, valves and equipment,
appurtenances, and all properties, rights, easements and franchises
relating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient by the District
for the operation thereof.

(f)  The term "sewerage system" shall mean and shall include all
plants, systems, facilities or properties used or useful or having the
present capacity for future use in connection with the collection,
carrying away, treating, neutralizing, stabilizing or disposal of sew-
age, industrial wastes or other wastes, and any integral part thereof,
including sewage treatment plants, disposal fields, lagoons, pumping
stations, drainage ditches, surface water, intercepting ditches, outfall
sewers, trunk sewers, intercepting sewers, lateral sewers, force
mains, pipes, pipe lines, conduits, equipment, appurtenances, and all
properties, rights, easements and franchises relating thereto and
deemed necessary or convenient by the District for the operation
thereof.

(g)   The term "sewage" shall mean the water carried wastes
created in and carried, or to be carried, away from residences, hotels,
schools, hospitals, industrial establishments, commercial establish-
ments or any other private or public building, together with such
household and industrial wastes as may be present.

(h) The word "improvements" shall mean such construction,
erection, repairs, replacements, additions, extensions and betterments
of and to a water system or a sewerage system as are deemed neces-
sary by the District to place or to maintain such system in proper
condition for the safe, efficient and economic operation thereof or
to meet requirements for service in areas which may be served by
the District and in which no existing service is being rendered.

(i) The word "cost" as applied to a water system or a sewerage
system shall include the purchase price of any such system or the
cost of acquiring all of the capital stock of the corporation owning
such system and the amount to be paid to discharge all of its obliga-
tions in order to vest title to the system or any part thereof in the
District, the cost of improvements, the cost of all lands, properties,
rights, easements, franchises, and permits acquired; the cost of all
machinery and equipment, financing charges, interest prior to and
during construction and for one year after completion of construc-
tion, cost of engineering and legal services, plans, specifications,
surveys, estimates of cost and of revenues, other expenses, necessary
or incident to the determining of the feasibility or practicability of
any such acquisition, improvement, or construction, administrative
expenses, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident
to the financing herein authorized, to the acquisition, improvement,
construction of a water system or a sewerage system and the placing
of the same in operation by the District. Any obligation or expense
incurred by the District prior to the issuance of revenue bonds under
the provisions of this sub-title for engineering studies and for esti-
mates of cost and of revenues and for other technical or professional
services which may be utilized in the acquisition, improvement or
construction of such system, may be regarded as a part of the cost
of such system.