388                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 282

Commission shall apply to said extension. Any municipality whose
system is acquired by the Commission is hereby authorized to use
the amount paid to it for said system for the purchase or redemption
of any bonds or debt which may be outstanding against the same
or the Commission may as part of the purchase price of said system,
assume the payment of any such [bond] bonds. The Commission
shall not purchase any existing water mains, sewers or systems, in
whole or in part, which are improperly constructed or are not of
sufficient capacity or were constructed without proper authority from
the State Department of Health since the passage of the Act re-
quiring the same.

439.    After the passage of this sub-title, whenever a municipality
or the property owners or residents of any locality in the District
shall desire a water supply or sewerage system, or part thereof, to
be constructed in that municipality or locality, and the Commission
shall decide that it is inexpedient or impracticable at that time, owing
to the remoteness from its general system or other causes, to build
such system, such municipality or persons may build and operate
said system at its own expense, but it shall be constructed under
plans and specifications prepared by the Commission and under its
supervision, and its maintenance and operation shall be under the
general control of the Commission; and no such system or part there-
of, or no water main, sewer, water purification or sewage treatment
plant, or no connection with any of them, shall be constructed or
installed except as in this section provided, and any violation of this
provision shall be a misdemeanor punishable under Section [445]
446 of this sub-title. All construction and operating records, including
cost records, shall be filed with the Commission, which shall be em-
powered at any time to take over said system or part thereof, or
said water main, sewer, water or sewage treatment plant, or connect
with any of them in the same manner as provided under Section 438
for systems existing at the time of the passage of this sub-title. The
Commission shall be empowered to extend its water supply or sewer-
age systems into any area outside of any [sanitary] district con-
tiguous 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
Commission 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] urban
services facilities 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 high-