1524                             Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 816

WATER OR SEWERAGE SYSTEM, IT MAY PURCHASE THE
SAME UPON SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS MAY BE
AGREED UPON, BUT SHALL HAVE NO RIGHT OF CONDEM-
NATION WITH RESPECT THERETO, BUT BEFORE ANY PART
OF THE PURCHASE PRICE IS PAID, OTHER THAN A NOMI-
NAL SUM OF MONEY TO BIND THE AGREEMENT, IT SHALL
BE THE DUTY OF THE VENDOR OR AGENT TO FURNISH A
STATEMENT TO SAID COMMISSION SETTING FORTH ALL
NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF PERSONS HAVING ANY IN-
TEREST OR CLAIMS AGAINST SAID PROPERTY WHATSO-
EVER, WHICH SHALL BE VERIFIED BY AN OATH IN WRIT-
ING. THEREUPON IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF SAID COM-
MISSION TO NOTIFY PERSONALLY OR BY REGISTERED OR
CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, ALL
PERSONS HAVING ANY INTEREST WHATSOEVER IN SAID
PROPERTY, AND IN ADDITION THERETO THE COMMISSION
SHALL GIVE THREE WEEKS' NOTICE OF ITS INTENTION TO
PURCHASE SAID PROPERTY IN A NEWSPAPER OR NEWS-
PAPERS PUBLISHED WITHIN SAID COUNTY WHERE THE
PROPERTY IS LOCATED, AND EACH PERSON HAVING ANY
CLAIM WHATSOEVER AGAINST SAID PROPERTY SHALL
FILE HIS, HER, OR ITS CLAIM WITH SAID COMMISSION ON
OR BEFORE THE EXPIRATION DATE MENTIONED IN SAID
NOTICE, AT WHICH TIME ANY AND ALL PERSONS WILL BE
HEARD AND THEIR RIGHTS DETERMINED BY THE COM-
MISSION, WHICH SAID HEARING SHALL BE FINAL. FROM
AND AFTER PAYMENT TO THE PROPER PARTIES OF THE
AGREED PURCHASE PRICE, OR OTHER AMOUNTS FOUND
TO BE DUE BY THE COMMISSION AS AFORESAID, THE COM-
MISSION SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO TAKE POSSESSION OF,
MAINTAIN AND OPERATE SAID SYSTEM, WHETHER PRI-
VATE OR MUNICIPAL, AS PART OF ITS GENERAL SYSTEM,
AND FROM THE DATE OF SUCH PAYMENT ALL PROPER-
TIES ALONG THE LINE OF ANY WATER MAIN OR SEWER
OF THE SYSTEM AS ACQUIRED SHALL STAND IN THE SAME
RELATION, BEAR THE SAME BENEFIT ASSESSMENT, AND
BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME REGULATIONS AND PENALTIES
AS THOUGH THE SYSTEM SO ACQUIRED HAD BEEN CON-
STRUCTED AND PUT INTO OPERATION BY THE COMMISSION
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUB-TITLE; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT NO BUILDING OR PREMISES ACTUALLY
CONNECTED IN AN ADEQUATE MANNER WITH THE SAID
ACQUIRED SYSTEM AT THE TIME OF ITS PURCHASE SHALL
BE REQUIRED TO PAY ANY CONNECTION CHARGE. WHEN-
EVER THERE IS IN EXISTENCE A PRIVATELY OWNED
WATER SUPPLY OR SEWERAGE SYSTEM WHICH IN THE
JUDGMENT OF THE COMMISSION IS UNFIT, AS A WHOLE
OR IN PART, FOR INCORPORATION WITH THE COMMIS-
SION'S SYSTEM, THE COMMISSION SHALL DISREGARD THE
EXISTENCE OF SAID SYSTEM OR UNFIT PART THEREOF
AND EXTEND ITS SYSTEM TO SERVE THE AREA TRIBU-
TARY TO THE EXISTING SYSTEM OR UNFIT PART THERE-
OF, AND ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUB-TITLE RELAT-
ING TO SYSTEMS CONSTRUCTED BY THE COMMISSION
SHALL APPLY TO SAID EXTENSION. ANY MUNICIPALITY
WHOSE SYSTEM IS ACQUIRED BY THE COMMISSION,
WHETHER BY PURCHASE OR CONDEMNATION, IS HEREBY