980                               Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 591

County Code (1955 Edition, being Article 16 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland), title "Montgomery County", sub-title
"Washington Suburban Sanitary District", said new section to be
known as Section 74-40.1 and to follow immediately after Section
74-40 thereof, and to read as follows:

74-40.1 (a) From and after the effective date of this Section no
individual, firm or PRIVATE corporation shall construct, alter or
extend a water supply system or a sewage collection and disposal sys-
tem in any area in Montgomery County, Maryland, not included within
the area of the Washington Suburban Sanitary District, without hav-
ing received a written permit from the Washington Suburban Sani-
tary Commission so to do; and such permit for such purpose shall not
be issued until complete plans and specifications for the installation,
alteration or extension, together with such information as the Com-
mission may require, have been submitted to and approved by said
Commission. All construction shall take place in accordance with the
approved plans¹ and shall be subject to the inspection of said Commis-
sion. In case it shall become necessary or desirable to make material
changes in plans and specifications, such changed plans and specifica-
tions, together with a statement of the reasons for the alteration, shall
be submitted to the Commission and no material changes shall be em-
bodied in the actual construction until they have been approved and a
permit issued therefor.

(b)   The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission is hereby
authorized and directed to approve plans in accordance with its re-
quirements and issue permits for the construction, alteration or ex-
tension of a water supply system, a sewage collection and disposal
system in the areas described in Sub-section (a) hereof, with the
right in said Commission to charge a reasonable fee therefor, not
exceeding six THREE SIX per cent of the estimated construction cost
of any such project. The said Commission is further authorized and
directed to make inspections of all such projects during the course
of construction and to require such construction to be in conformity
with the approved plans.

(c)  Upon the completion of any such project the individual, firm
or PRIVATE corporation constructing the same shall file with said
Commission as a permanent record a certified copy of the plans in full,
showing the work as built, and such record shall be of such character
and in such forms as may be prescribed by the Commission.

(d)  The areas described herein shall be exempt from any taxes
and/or assessments by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commis-
sion until such areas are included within the Washington Suburban
Sanitary District.

(e)  This section shall not apply to any water supply, sewage collec-
tion and disposal system constructed for the sole purpose of serving

a single family residence, a farm, or any other single building. ANY

SINGLE BUILDING, OR A GROUP OF BUILDINGS SERVING
AS A SINGLE FARM UNIT OR AS A SINGLE COMMERCIAL
OR INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT, PROVIDED THAT THIS
SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ANY APARTMENT HOUSE WITH
FIVE OR MORE DWELLING UNITS; NOR SHALL THIS SEC-
TION APPLY TO ANY SYSTEM CONSTRUCTED BY MONT-
GOMERY COUNTY, OR BY ANY INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE
COUNTY.